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Mesoscale Discussion 1264

July 13, 20164 counties in Illinois; 41 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2016, 2:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois; 41 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2016, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 45 counties

Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Adams County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1355 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 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Pike5 hr
Jul 13, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Bureau, Cass, Christian, Clinton, DeWitt and 29 more65 min
Jul 13, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 76 more5 hr
Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 43 more2 hr
Jul 13, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 35 more3 hr
Jul 13, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 75 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.