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Mesoscale Discussion 1535

July 7, 20115 counties in Illinois; Fulton County, Kentucky; 38 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2011, 7:58 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois; Fulton County, Kentucky; 38 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2011, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Union County, IL, Fulton County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 256 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2994 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
2994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.7

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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
Jul 7, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
Jul 8, 1:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot115 min

Nearby

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