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Mesoscale Discussion 1341

June 18, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2004, 6:17 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2004, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 91 counties

Bond County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Brown County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2004-06-18Temperature 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 2004-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 1:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clinton and 27 more115 min
Jun 18, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 12 more7 hr
Jun 18, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin, Gallatin and 15 more116 min
Jun 18, 10:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.