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Mesoscale Discussion 1362

July 11, 201541 counties in Illinois

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2015, 12:33 PM CDT for 41 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2015, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 41 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 402Jul 11, 1:40 PM CDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cumberland and 26 more	6 hr
Jul 11, 3:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 22 more	2 hr
Jul 11, 6:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 22 more	84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.