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Mesoscale Discussion 915

June 14, 201665 counties in Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Minnesota; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2016, 2:51 PM CDT for 65 counties in Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Minnesota; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2016, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Burt County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 57 more2 hr
Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 52 more8 hr
Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 22 more56 min
Jun 14, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Clinton and 10 more7 hr
Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTaylor3 hr
Jun 14, 6:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Buchanan, Cedar, Chickasaw, Clayton, Clinton and 14 more66 min
Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 32 more5 hr
Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Blue Earth, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Faribault and 20 more59 min
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 13 more90 min
Jun 13, 8:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Cherry, Cheyenne and 11 more60 min
Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Dundy and 11 more2 hr
Jun 14, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Keya Paha, Loup and 1 more119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.