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Mesoscale Discussion 1297

July 12, 201717 counties in Iowa

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2017-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1137 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2017-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Winneshiek116 min
Jul 12, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClayton86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.