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Mesoscale Discussion 890

June 9, 202016 counties in Illinois; 30 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2020, 3:54 PM CDT for 16 counties in Illinois; 30 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2020, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 52 counties

Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Pope County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2020-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 2020-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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 9, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 9 more115 min

Nearby

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