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Mesoscale Discussion 593

May 15, 20204 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2020, 1:06 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2020, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties

Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Knox County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Newton County, IN, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Macon County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 2020-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 281 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2020-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHenry, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark, Warren52 min
May 14, 10:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams2 hr
May 14, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Pike5 hr
May 15, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun3 hr
May 14, 8:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Chase, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more113 min
May 14, 9:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton and 7 more3 hr
May 15, 3:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson and 12 more85 min
May 15, 4:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDent, Douglas, Jefferson, Texas, Washington, Wright and 1 more57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.