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Mesoscale Discussion 1265

July 13, 201635 counties in Illinois; Sainte Genevieve County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2016, 2:10 PM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois; Sainte Genevieve County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2016, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Bond County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Washington County, IL, Woodford County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Edgar, Vermilion87 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, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 5 more5 hr
Jul 13, 10:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Boone, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper and 23 more117 min
Jul 13, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 12 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.