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Mesoscale Discussion 1501

July 29, 2014Gogebic County, Michigan; 4 counties in Minnesota; 48 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 29, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Michigan; 4 counties in Minnesota; 48 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 53 counties

Gogebic County, MI, Carlton County, MN, Lake County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Adams County, WI, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Brown County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Forest County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iron County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc 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, Polk County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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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.