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Mesoscale Discussion 1748

July 26, 201150 counties in Illinois; 25 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2011, 1:11 PM CDT for 50 counties in Illinois; 25 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2011, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Bond County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pike County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2011-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3058 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 2011-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
3058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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.