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Mesoscale Discussion 1382

June 25, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2011, 11:17 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2011, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 105 counties

Alexander County, IL, 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, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski 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, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Posey County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Dunklin 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, Mississippi County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 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 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 2011-06-25Temperature 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 2011-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 25, 3:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair84 min
Jun 25, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin and 20 more3 hr
Jun 25, 2:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 16 more91 min
Jun 25, 1:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Holt89 min

Nearby

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