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Mesoscale Discussion 1379

August 28, 2018Jo Daviess County, Illinois; 27 counties in Iowa; 24 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2018, 12:14 PM CDT for Jo Daviess County, Illinois; 27 counties in Iowa; 24 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2018, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2018, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 52 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Butler County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Adams County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2018-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 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 2018-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 360 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 11 more93 min
Aug 28, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 17 more6 hr
Aug 28, 3:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more3 hr
Aug 28, 7:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 15 more115 min
Aug 28, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 18 more8 hr
Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Cedar, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines and 21 more60 min
Aug 28, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Muscatine, Washington53 min
Aug 27, 10:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 8 more116 min
Aug 28, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 15 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.