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Mesoscale Discussion 1333

July 19, 201612 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 19, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Pike County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howard County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 368 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 2 more6 hr
Jul 19, 12:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Clark, Grundy, Harrison, Knox, Lewis and 10 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.