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Mesoscale Discussion 463

April 28, 201457 counties in Illinois; Gibson County, Posey County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana; 15 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2014, 6:10 PM CDT for 57 counties in Illinois; Gibson County, Posey County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana; 15 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2014, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Bond County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, Massac County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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
Apr 27, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more6 hr
Apr 27, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more94 min
Apr 28, 1:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clinton, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison and 8 more92 min
Apr 28, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 16 more2 hr
Apr 28, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 39 more7 hr
Apr 28, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 9 more2 hr
Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 42 more2 hr
Apr 28, 4:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Switzerland90 min
Apr 27, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarlisle, Fulton, Hickman91 min
Apr 28, 6:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalloway, Christian, Logan, Simpson, Todd, Trigg2 hr
Apr 28, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, McCreary, Wayne55 min
Apr 28, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 5 more5 hr
Apr 28, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarlan, Letcher, Pike63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.