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Mesoscale Discussion 875

June 25, 201818 counties in Illinois; 33 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2018, 3:23 PM CDT for 18 counties in Illinois; 33 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2018, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 51 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howard County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 2018-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJasper, McDonald, Newton86 min
Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth2 hr

Nearby

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