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Mesoscale Discussion 796

June 3, 202039 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Indiana; 45 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2020, 1:45 PM CDT for 39 counties in Illinois; 8 counties in Indiana; 45 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2020, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2020, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%
All 92 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton 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, Moultrie County, IL, Pike County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2020-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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 2020-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 11 more113 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 12 more6 hr
Jun 3, 6:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 15 more113 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Dearborn, Decatur and 19 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.