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Mesoscale Discussion 1907

August 8, 201113 counties in Illinois; 22 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 8, 2011, 7:27 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 22 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2011, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 517 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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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
Aug 9, 12:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 14 more58 min
Aug 9, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 54 more7 hr
Aug 9, 5:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Boone, Delaware, Fayette, Hamilton and 9 more85 min

Nearby

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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.