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Mesoscale Discussion 1562

July 24, 201210 counties in Illinois; 29 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2012, 6:35 AM CDT for 10 counties in Illinois; 29 counties in Indiana; Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2012, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Will County, IL, Blackford County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 545 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 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
545 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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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
Jul 23, 11:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCStephenson92 min
Jul 24, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 10 more58 min
Jul 24, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and 7 more4 hr
Jul 24, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette and 20 more95 min
Jul 24, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 27 more3 hr
Jul 24, 9:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Hamilton and 11 more97 min
Jul 24, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne3 hr

Nearby

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