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Mesoscale Discussion 442

April 25, 201614 counties in Illinois; Berrien County, Michigan; 20 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois; Berrien County, Michigan; 20 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 35 counties

Boone County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Berrien County, MI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2016-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 280 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 20 more8 hr
Apr 25, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 13 more86 min
Apr 25, 5:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass and 18 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.