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Mesoscale Discussion 1177

June 3, 200851 counties in Illinois; 67 counties in Indiana; Darke County, Mercer County, Preble County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2008, 10:05 AM CDT for 51 counties in Illinois; 67 counties in Indiana; Darke County, Mercer County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 121 counties

Bond County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adams County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings 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, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pike County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Starke County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2008-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2008-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
471 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
Jun 2, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 14 more118 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 34 more8 hr
Jun 3, 3:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 37 more97 min
Jun 3, 3:31 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 45 more10 hr
Jun 3, 7:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 41 more118 min
Jun 3, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough and 9 more4 hr
Jun 3, 12:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford2 hr
Jun 3, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHancock, McDonough7 hr
Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 5 more2 hr
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 34 more8 hr
Jun 3, 5:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Dearborn, Jefferson, Ohio, Switzerland3 hr
Jun 3, 11:08 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 40 more5 hr
Jun 3, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Dearborn and 21 more117 min
Jun 3, 6:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin and 19 more88 min
Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Gallia, Highland and 7 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.