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Mesoscale Discussion 1353

July 21, 201633 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Indiana; 15 counties in Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 21, 2016, 11:08 PM CDT for 33 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Indiana; 15 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2016, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Cedar County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Knox County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2016-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4571 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 2016-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
17.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 15 more58 min
Jul 22, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista and 29 more3 hr

Nearby

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