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Mesoscale Discussion 1056

June 25, 2016Gogebic County, Michigan; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2016, 6:04 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Michigan; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2016, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Gogebic County, MI, Anoka County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Pine County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2016-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 952 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 2016-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Menominee, Ontonagon86 min
Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 2 more6 hr
Jun 25, 2:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau91 min
Jun 25, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 45 more115 min
Jun 25, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing and 15 more5 hr
Jun 25, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 18 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.