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Mesoscale Discussion 1275

July 10, 201723 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2017, 6:46 AM CDT for 23 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2017, 6:46 AM CDT (11:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2017, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 29 counties

Champaign County, IL, Coles County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2017-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1927 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
1927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 5 more116 min
Jul 10, 2:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle and 8 more117 min
Jul 10, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt and 29 more7 hr
Jul 10, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 21 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.