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Mesoscale Discussion 1297
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 12, 2017, 3:33 PM CDT for 17 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2017, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Winneshiek | 116 min |
| Jul 12, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clayton | 86 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.