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Mesoscale Discussion 382

April 9, 201137 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 9, 2011, 4:12 AM CDT for 37 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2011, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2011, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Pike County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN, City of Saint Louis, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2011-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 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
Apr 9, 6:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Lawrence and 10 more2 hr
Apr 9, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac and 6 more6 hr
Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cedar and 22 more88 min
Apr 8, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 42 more7 hr
Apr 8, 11:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 44 more94 min
Apr 9, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Boone, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 25 more53 min

Nearby

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