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Mesoscale Discussion 1281

July 10, 201727 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2017, 6:18 PM CDT for 27 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2017, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties

Bureau County, IL, Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Henry County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Lake County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Starke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2017-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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 2017-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted.

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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, 6:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 17 more119 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

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.