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Mesoscale Discussion 775

June 1, 201418 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2014, 1:50 PM CDT for 18 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2014, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 34 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Houston County, MN, Martin County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 327 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 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 1, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Harrison, Ida and 10 more10 hr
Jun 1, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more86 min
Jun 1, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Harrison, Ida and 9 more63 min
Jun 1, 4:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more53 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.