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Mesoscale Discussion 1232
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2016, 7:34 AM CDT for 34 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2016, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 34 counties
Adair County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hancock and 9 more | 87 min |
| Jul 10, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 5 more | 95 min |
Nearby
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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.