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Mesoscale Discussion 148

February 26, 200923 counties in Illinois; 46 counties in Iowa; 49 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 26, 2009, 9:26 AM CST for 23 counties in Illinois; 46 counties in Iowa; 49 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2009, 9:26 AM CST (15:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2009, 11:30 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 118 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Benton County, IA, Boone County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Page County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Warren County, IL, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Warren County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2009-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2009-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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
Feb 26, 6:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 8 more93 min
Feb 26, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 4 more7 hr
Feb 26, 6:33 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 18 more5 hr
Feb 26, 12:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Carroll and 31 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.