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Mesoscale Discussion 1183

June 29, 201714 counties in Illinois; 23 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2017, 1:45 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois; 23 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2017, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 37 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Christian County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 2017-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 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 2017-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 3 more4 hr
Jun 28, 7:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson and 1 more97 min
Jun 28, 8:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atchison, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt and 8 more96 min
Jun 29, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Cass, Vernon3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.