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Mesoscale Discussion 81

February 2, 201631 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 2, 2016, 6:19 PM CST for 31 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2016, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2016, 8:15 PM CST
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 45 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, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon 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, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Benton County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Knox County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -143 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
117 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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
Feb 2, 6:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline2 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.