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Mesoscale Discussion 128

February 24, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2011, 5:20 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2011, 5:20 PM CST (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2011, 11:15 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2011-02-24Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2011-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -165 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 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
Feb 24, 11:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Appanoose, Decatur, Fremont, Page, Ringgold and 2 more6 hr
Feb 23, 8:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Newton, Vernon62 min
Feb 24, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot7 hr
Feb 24, 5:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot94 min
Feb 24, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMississippi, New Madrid4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.