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Mesoscale Discussion 303

March 31, 201627 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2016, 10:46 AM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2016, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 34 counties

Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Green County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2016-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 218 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 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
218 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 46 more84 min
Mar 31, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson and 9 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.