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Mesoscale Discussion 690

June 9, 201814 counties in Illinois; 17 counties in Iowa; Lafayette County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2018, 10:17 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois; 17 counties in Iowa; Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2018, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2018, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Benton County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Scott County, IA, Tama County, IA, Boone County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2018-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1247 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2018-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle and 5 more6 hr
Jun 9, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, LaSalle and 8 more2 hr
Jun 10, 10:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 43 more116 min
Jun 10, 12:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Brown, Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay and 34 more118 min
Jun 10, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more7 hr
Jun 10, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 20 more93 min
Jun 10, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEdwards, Wabash, Wayne, White5 hr
Jun 10, 4:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 3 more90 min
Jun 10, 5:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Lawrence, Wabash, Wayne, White85 min
Jun 10, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 23 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.