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Mesoscale Discussion 1305

June 29, 201227 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Indiana; Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2012, 9:22 AM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois; 44 counties in Indiana; Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2012, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2012, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 73 counties

Bureau County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adams County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski 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, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2012-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4040 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
4040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 29, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCook, DuPage, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee and 2 more6 hr
Jun 29, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more5 hr
Jun 28, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Fulton, Jasper, LaPorte, Porter, Pulaski and 2 more2 hr
Jun 28, 8:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton, Jasper, Lake, Marshall, Porter, Pulaski and 1 more64 min
Jun 28, 9:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke63 min
Jun 29, 1:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 48 more119 min
Jun 29, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more5 hr
Jun 29, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Jay and 4 more53 min
Jun 29, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock and 11 more83 min
Jun 28, 7:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 5 more97 min
Jun 29, 5:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Clermont, Coshocton and 21 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.