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Mesoscale Discussion 475

April 19, 201131 counties in Illinois; 37 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 19, 2011, 5:47 PM CDT for 31 counties in Illinois; 37 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2011, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun 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, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Washington County, IL, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 283 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 2011-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

238 
ACUS11 KWNS 192248
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 192247
ILZ000-MOZ000-200015-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0475
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0547 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...E-CNTRL/S-CNTRL MO...CNTRL IL

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 154...

VALID 192247Z - 200015Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 154 CONTINUES.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES LOW PRESSURE 45 NNW STL WITH A WARM
FRONT EXTENDING EWD FROM THE LOW TO NEAR SPI AND THEN EWD INTO WRN
IND 30 ENE HUF. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS S-SWD FROM THE LOW TO 10 NNW
TBN TO 15 SSE OF UMN. THE MOST VIGOROUS AND WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT /INCLUDING DISCRETE AND SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS/ OVER
THE PAST HOUR HAS BEEN NOTED IN THE ERN SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW WITHIN
60 NM OF THE LOW CENTER. BACKED SFC FLOW IN THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY
INVOF THE WARM FRONT...IS SUPPORTING STRONG LOW-LEVEL VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR AND EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES OF 300-400 M2/S2. THE SFC LOW IS
FORECAST TO SHIFT E-NEWD INTO CNTRL IL DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...WHERE PRESSURE FALLS AROUND 2 MB PER 2 HRS HAVE BEEN NOTED.
CORRESPONDINGLY...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH DMGG WINDS
AND VERY LARGE HAIL /SUPPORTED BY MLCAPE VALUES AOA 2000 J PER KG
AND STRONG CLOUD-BEARING WIND SHEAR/ WILL OCCUR WITHIN A 60-NM-WIDE
AREA CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 45 WSW STL TO 5 ESE DEC THROUGH 00Z.
THIS INCLUDES THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA /ESPECIALLY NRN SECTIONS/
BETWEEN 23Z AND 00Z. TORNADOES WILL REMAIN A CONCERN...AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SUPERCELLS THAT CAN REMAIN DISCRETE AND
MOVE EWD NEAR THE WARM FRONT.

FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE COLD FRONT...THE PRESENCE OF SOME CINH HAS
RESULTED IN FAIRLY MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE OF STORMS...EXCEPT IN
S-CNTRL MO WHERE MID-LEVEL ASCENT IS MORE PRONOUNCED. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL MOVE NEWD AROUND 35-40 KT WHILE TRAVERSING STRONG INSTABILITY
AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES AOA 45 KT...WITH BOTH LINEAR AND
DISCRETE SUPERCELL MODES FAVORED. DMGG WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND
TORNADOES WILL REMAIN THREATS WITH EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES OF 200-300
M2/S2.

..COHEN.. 04/19/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...PAH...ILX...LSX...SGF...

LAT...LON   36639334 37029352 37889301 39219169 40078987 40148779
            39558755 38818782 38598878 38208970 37219104 36669171
            36639334

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Jersey94 min
Apr 19, 2:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 21 more67 min
Apr 19, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 30 more7 hr
Apr 19, 5:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 34 more83 min
Apr 19, 8:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChristian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 8 more61 min
Apr 19, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair95 min
Apr 19, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 36 more10 hr
Apr 19, 6:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Saline and 2 more66 min
Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more9 hr

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.