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Mesoscale Discussion 919

June 2, 200946 counties in Illinois; 28 counties in Indiana; 33 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2009, 11:58 AM CDT for 46 counties in Illinois; 28 counties in Indiana; 33 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2009, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2009, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2009-06-02Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2009-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 1, 8:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Iroquois, McDonough and 6 more63 min
Jun 2, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 54 more8 hr
Jun 2, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 34 more88 min
Jun 2, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 32 more83 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Daviess and 41 more8 hr
Jun 2, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 30 more62 min
Jun 1, 9:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer, Nodaway and 2 more63 min
Jun 2, 2:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay and 15 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.