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Mesoscale Discussion 688

May 10, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2017, 3:48 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2017, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Lee County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Knox County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Warren County, IN, Clark County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2017-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-516 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford and 19 more2 hr
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, DeWitt, Fulton and 22 more7 hr
May 10, 6:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt and 11 more94 min
May 10, 1:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Mills61 min
May 10, 12:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Camden, Carroll and 23 more3 hr
May 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 14 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.