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Mesoscale Discussion 1797

September 10, 201511 counties in Illinois; 10 counties in Iowa; 14 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 10, 2015, 8:22 PM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois; 10 counties in Iowa; 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2015, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 35 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Pike County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Warren County, IL, Adair County, MO, Clark County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-09-11Temperature 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 10, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Jackson, Jasper, Vernon5 hr
Sep 10, 10:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Jasper, Vernon87 min
Sep 11, 12:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Benton, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Greene and 12 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2015Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.