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Mesoscale Discussion 1591

August 25, 201634 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2016, 3:16 PM CDT for 34 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2016, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 40 counties

Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 449 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 715 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 9:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 9 more37 min
Aug 24, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 14 more58 min

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.