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Mesoscale Discussion 1719

July 24, 201114 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2011, 12:42 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2011, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Bond County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Richland County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Orange County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2011-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3589 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
3589 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 24, 6:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lee, Ogle and 1 more3 hr
Jul 24, 11:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChristian, Fulton, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard and 1 more114 min
Jul 24, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Hamilton, Jefferson and 8 more2 hr
Jul 24, 4:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Massac, Pulaski2 hr

Nearby

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