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Mesoscale Discussion 916

June 28, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2018, 8:43 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2018, 8:43 AM CDT (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2018, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 79 counties

Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 2018-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2018-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-572 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 2:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Franklin, Gallatin and 20 more3 hr
Jun 28, 10:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Hancock, Pike, Scott2 hr
Jun 28, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 28 more7 hr
Jun 28, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 47 more116 min
Jun 28, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 14 more7 hr
Jun 28, 10:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalloway, Graves113 min
Jun 28, 7:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Holt, Nodaway2 hr

Nearby

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