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Mesoscale Discussion 705
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2013, 5:04 PM CDT for 34 counties in Iowa; 59 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2013, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 375 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
- 905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Cass, Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison and 13 more | 117 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Cass and 17 more | 87 min |
| May 19, 11:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 52 more | 90 min |
| May 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 34 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fremont, Page | 10 hr |
| May 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone and 50 more | 8 hr |
| May 18, 11:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Wilkin | 63 min |
| May 18, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 4 hr |
| May 19, 2:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 88 min |
| May 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013
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.