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Mesoscale Discussion 1014

June 18, 201040 counties in Illinois; 24 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2010, 7:38 PM CDT for 40 counties in Illinois; 24 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2010, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2010, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Boone County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cass County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McHenry County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adair County, MO, Clark County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1389 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
1389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 18, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Christian, Cook and 36 more4 hr
Jun 18, 10:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 26 more89 min
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 29 more5 hr
Jun 19, 2:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more57 min
Jun 19, 1:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Jersey53 min
Jun 19, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more5 hr
Jun 19, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 28 more95 min
Jun 18, 8:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 3 more65 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Mills, Page95 min
Jun 19, 6:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb and 3 more55 min
Jun 19, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 24 more7 hr
Jun 19, 11:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 6 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2010Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.