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Mesoscale Discussion 524

April 22, 201128 counties in Illinois; 41 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2011, 7:31 PM CDT for 28 counties in Illinois; 41 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2011, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 69 counties

Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 63 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 2011-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 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 2011-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 22, 9:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 23 more55 min
Apr 23, 1:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 14 more4 hr
Apr 23, 3:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more94 min
Apr 23, 4:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Pope23 min
Apr 23, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more86 min
Apr 23, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Massac, Pope5 hr
Apr 23, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more2 hr
Apr 23, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union6 hr
Apr 23, 10:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 24 more84 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.