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Mesoscale Discussion 1433

July 22, 20148 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Michigan; 13 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 22, 2014, 5:54 PM CDT for 8 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Michigan; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2014, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 26 counties

Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, Kane County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Lake County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1357 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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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
Jul 22, 7:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHancock, Henderson119 min
Jul 22, 12:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon59 min
Jul 22, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Ontonagon6 hr
Jul 22, 4:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon95 min
Jul 21, 8:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBayfield, Burnett, Douglas58 min
Jul 21, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurnett, Douglas, Polk6 hr
Jul 21, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurnett, Douglas, Polk, Washburn91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.