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Mesoscale Discussion 1192

June 28, 201438 counties in Iowa; 22 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2014, 6:09 PM CDT for 38 counties in Iowa; 22 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2014, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Henry County, IA, Howard County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 666 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlack Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 25 more2 hr
Jun 28, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 38 more6 hr
Jun 28, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Harrison, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.