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Mesoscale Discussion 709

June 11, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2018, 4:53 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2018, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 77 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2018-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 389 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 2018-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clay, Clinton and 38 more59 min
Jun 11, 4:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Boyle, Casey, Clay, Garrard, Harlan and 14 more3 hr
Jun 11, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth6 hr
Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 19 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.