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Mesoscale Discussion 1367
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 23, 2016, 8:58 AM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa; 24 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2016, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 38 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
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 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Norman, Wilkin | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Douglas, Grant and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dane, Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Rock, Walworth and 1 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.