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Mesoscale Discussion 1668

September 9, 201626 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 9, 2016, 5:08 PM CDT for 26 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2016, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 47 counties

Bond County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2016-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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 2016-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-115 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
Sep 9, 2:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 19 more2 hr
Sep 9, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 19 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.