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Mesoscale Discussion 2007

August 26, 202425 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2024, 9:19 PM CDT for 25 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2024, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 651...653
All 25 counties

Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Polk County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2024-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2912 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2024-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire and 19 more84 min
Aug 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet and 34 more7 hr
Aug 26, 11:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade and 12 more64 min
Aug 27, 5:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce, Rusk and 1 more93 min
Aug 27, 11:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Jefferson, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and 8 more3 hr
Aug 27, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth and 1 more2 hr
Aug 27, 4:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKenosha, Walworth88 min
Aug 27, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKenosha, Racine, Walworth6 hr

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.