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Mesoscale Discussion 543

May 27, 201868 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT for 68 counties in Illinois; 7 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2018, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2018, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 80 counties

Cedar County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Woodford County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clark County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 32 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 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2018-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2208 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 2018-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.