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Mesoscale Discussion 1013

June 21, 201624 counties in Illinois; 28 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2016, 10:28 PM CDT for 24 counties in Illinois; 28 counties in Iowa; 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2016, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2016, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 69 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Warren County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Clark County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2016-06-22Temperature 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
2283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

475 
ACUS11 KWNS 220329
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 220328 
ILZ000-MOZ000-IAZ000-220530-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1013
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1028 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL INTO SERN IA / NERN MO / W-CNTRL AND CNTRL IL

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 220328Z - 220530Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT

SUMMARY...THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING.  IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY PROBABLE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE NEED TO BE ISSUED BETWEEN 04-08Z.

DISCUSSION...RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS A SEVERE HAIL-PRODUCING SUPERCELL
OVER SRN IA ON THE SWRN FLANK OF WEAKER TSTMS.  A FRONTAL ZONE
DRAPED NW TO SE OVER THE REGION IS FOCUSING TSTM DEVELOPMENT THIS
EVENING AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.  THE EWD ADVECTION OF STEEP H7-H5 LAPSE
RATES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE BECOMING
INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL GROWTH WITH TIME.  ADDITIONAL
STORM DEVELOPMENT IS PROBABLE AND SUGGESTED BY HOURLY TIME-LAGGED
HRRR MODEL GUIDANCE AS SWLY H85 FLOW STRENGTHENS TONIGHT. 
ISENTROPIC LIFT/MOISTENING PROCESSES WILL LIFT PARCELS TO THEIR LFC
AND EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SCTD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOMETIME
BETWEEN 04-08Z.  STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR AND AMPLE ELEVATED BUOYANCY
WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WITH AN INCIPIENT
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A MORE LOCALIZED DAMAGING-WIND
RISK.

..SMITH/HART.. 06/22/2016

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...ILX...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...

LAT...LON   40038898 39058918 38929032 38909166 39459277 40679319
            42359345 42679298 42599194 41829119 40038898

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren6 hr
Jun 22, 2:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMercer119 min
Jun 22, 4:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Hancock and 14 more2 hr
Jun 22, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt and 15 more3 hr
Jun 22, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb and 32 more97 min
Jun 22, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb and 28 more7 hr
Jun 21, 9:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida and 8 more26 min
Jun 21, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more7 hr
Jun 22, 4:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.