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Mesoscale Discussion 1199

June 17, 2012Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois; 34 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 36 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-17Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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
Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clinton, Coles and 34 more92 min
Jun 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 38 more3 hr
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 26 more90 min
Jun 16, 11:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Camden, Dallas, Dent, Henry, Hickory and 7 more87 min
Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cedar, Dade, Polk, Vernon3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.