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Mesoscale Discussion 690

May 10, 201717 counties in Illinois; 22 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2017, 6:26 PM CDT for 17 counties in Illinois; 22 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2017, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 39 counties

Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Owen 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 Lincoln radar (KILX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt and 28 more87 min

Nearby

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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.