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Mesoscale Discussion 1647

September 6, 2016Howard County, Mitchell County, Iowa; 12 counties in Minnesota; 25 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 6, 2016, 2:22 PM CDT for Howard County, Mitchell County, Iowa; 12 counties in Minnesota; 25 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2016, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 39 counties

Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2016-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 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 2016-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more2 hr
Sep 6, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek4 hr
Sep 6, 12:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette and 4 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.