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Mesoscale Discussion 874

June 7, 2014Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2014, 9:01 AM CDT for Monroe County, Randolph County, Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2014, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 23 counties

Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
1223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.8

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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 7, 12:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette and 25 more2 hr
Jun 7, 2:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 4 more2 hr
Jun 7, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 37 more7 hr
Jun 7, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 1 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.