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Mesoscale Discussion 1921

August 19, 200928 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 19, 2009, 3:19 PM CDT for 28 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2009, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Clay County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2009-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 272 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 2009-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 192019
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 192019 
INZ000-ILZ000-192145-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1921
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0319 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL AND INTO NRN IL

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 713...

VALID 192019Z - 192145Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 713 CONTINUES.

SEVERE/TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES WITH A BAND OF INTENSE STORMS
CROSSING CENTRAL IL.

LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A COMPLEX LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY
SEVERE STORMS MOVING ENEWD ACROSS CENTRAL IL...INVOF A SURFACE WARM
FRONT LYING NW-SE ACROSS THIS AREA.  OBJECTIVE ANALYSES REVEAL
AROUND 2000 J/KG MIXED-LAYER CAPE NEAR AND S OF THE WARM
FRONT...SUPPORTING STORM CONTINUATION/REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.  WITH MID-LEVEL SWLYS NEAR 50 KT NOSING INTO/ACROSS
THIS AREA ATOP LOW-LEVEL SLYS/SELYS...SHEAR REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF
SUPERCELLS.  GREATEST TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES NEAR AND TO THE
IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE WARM FRONT -- I.E. WITH STORMS ALONG THE
SRN EXTENT OF THE CONVECTIVE LINE -- WHERE MOST FAVORABLE
JUXTAPOSITION OF FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL THERMODYNAMICS AND BACKED
LOW-LEVEL FLOW/MAXIMIZED LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS EVIDENT.

..GOSS.. 08/19/2009

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...IWX...IND...LOT...ILX...LSX...DVN...

LAT...LON   40978664 39308672 39108796 39218949 39358978 40298949
            41169000 41648883 40978664

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 11:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 45 more114 min
Aug 19, 12:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 52 more6 hr
Aug 19, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 2 more2 hr
Aug 19, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more5 hr
Aug 19, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more5 hr
Aug 19, 4:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 35 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.