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Mesoscale Discussion 600

April 26, 200716 counties in Illinois; 42 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 26, 2007, 4:55 PM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; 42 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2007, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Delaware, Elkhart and 22 more54 min
Apr 26, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Dearborn, DeKalb, Elkhart and 24 more8 hr
Apr 26, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Floyd53 min
Apr 26, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott7 hr
Apr 26, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 31 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.