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Mesoscale Discussion 1910

September 7, 201211 counties in Illinois; 50 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 7, 2012, 10:09 AM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois; 50 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2012, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2012, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 73 counties

Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew 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, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami 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, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-412 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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
Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more6 hr
Sep 7, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford and 23 more53 min
Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChristian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 8 more6 hr
Sep 7, 3:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 8 more2 hr
Sep 7, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more7 hr
Sep 7, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair and 1 more84 min
Sep 7, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 38 more6 hr
Sep 7, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Delaware, Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Jay and 4 more59 min
Sep 7, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFayette, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne59 min
Sep 7, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDearborn, Franklin, Union66 min
Sep 7, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford and 18 more4 hr
Sep 7, 5:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison and 15 more97 min

Nearby

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