Alert archive / Wisconsin / Mesoscale Discussions in 2012
Mesoscale Discussion 887
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2012, 6:33 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 6:33 AM CDT (11:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Linn County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Iron County, MI, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 241133
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 241133
MIZ000-WIZ000-ILZ000-IAZ000-MNZ000-241230-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0887
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0633 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...A LARGE PART OF WI...A SMALL PART OF THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MI...NERN IA...FAR SERN MN...FAR NWRN IL
CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE
VALID 241133Z - 241230Z
SUMMARY...A CATEGORICAL UPGRADE TO MODERATE RISK WILL OCCUR FOR A
LARGE PART OF WI...A SMALL PART OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MI...NERN
IA...FAR SERN MN...AND FAR NWRN IL WITH THE UPCOMING ISSUANCE OF THE
1300 UTC DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK.
DISCUSSION...OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS AND LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE
THAT WIDESPREAD SVR WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
SQUALL LINE THAT IS FORECAST TO CROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THIS LINE WILL BE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA DURING THE DAY 1
CONVECTIVE PERIOD...AND WILL ALSO FEATURE THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES
AND SVR HAIL. THE ANTICIPATED COVERAGE OF SVR WINDS WILL WARRANT THE
INCLUSION OF A MODERATE RISK IN THE UPCOMING 1300 UTC CONVECTIVE
OUTLOOK...WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS
REGARDING THIS SCENARIO.
..COHEN/CORFIDI.. 05/24/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...MQT...GRB...MKX...DVN...DLH...ARX...MPX...DMX...
LAT...LON 46478868 45648775 44398793 43508876 42249026 42039197
43259303 45159224 46269057 46478868SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 23 more | 94 min |
| May 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 10 more | 116 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 38 more | 114 min |
| May 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar and 24 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Ontonagon | 5 hr |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.