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Mesoscale Discussion 1232

June 15, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2011, 2:13 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2011, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Alexander County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 398 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 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 15, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph, Saint Clair4 hr
Jun 15, 1:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, DeWitt and 22 more3 hr
Jun 15, 4:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 45 more96 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Greene and 8 more4 hr
Jun 15, 10:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Calloway, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 7 more2 hr
Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone and 43 more58 min
Jun 14, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNewton66 min
Jun 14, 9:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 23 more64 min
Jun 15, 12:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Carter, Cedar and 42 more2 hr
Jun 15, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 78 more9 hr
Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 64 more116 min
Jun 15, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon, Chester and 31 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.