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Mesoscale Discussion 1748
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 31, 2018, 11:50 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2018, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2018, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 95 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, Floyd County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Howard County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Wright County, IA, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Lake County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI, Houston County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Door 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, Kewaunee County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 368 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.