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Mesoscale Discussion 1189

June 3, 200830 counties in Illinois

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2008, 9:26 PM CDT for 30 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2538 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
14.4

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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 3, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 33 more86 min
Jun 4, 1:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more91 min
Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 46 more5 hr
Jun 4, 6:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Crawford, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Lawrence and 7 more2 hr
Jun 4, 1:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 7 more96 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Champaign, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy and 23 more84 min

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.