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Mesoscale Discussion 1086

June 4, 201116 counties in Illinois; Des Moines County, Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2011, 4:47 PM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; Des Moines County, Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2011, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2011-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2541 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -128 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
2541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 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
Jun 4, 1:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Iroquois and 8 more63 min
Jun 4, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 6 more7 hr
Jun 4, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 25 more6 hr
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 10 more63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.