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Mesoscale Discussion 125

February 20, 201431 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 20, 2014, 3:23 PM CST for 31 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2014, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN, City of Saint Louis, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2014-02-20Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 582 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
576 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Feb 20, 11:34 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 3 more116 min
Feb 20, 1:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton and 15 more4 hr
Feb 20, 1:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 5 more2 hr
Feb 20, 2:23 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more7 hr
Feb 20, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt and 11 more56 min
Feb 20, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more3 hr
Feb 20, 5:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 14 more46 min
Feb 20, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clinton and 36 more5 hr
Feb 20, 2:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Camden, Cedar, Cole, Crawford, Dade and 29 more3 hr
Feb 20, 4:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 11 more2 hr
Feb 20, 10:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Clark, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 7 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.