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Mesoscale Discussion 1537

July 5, 200432 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; 7 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2004, 11:44 PM CDT for 32 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2004, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin 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, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Daviess County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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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
Jul 5, 7:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 2 more55 min
Jul 5, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 18 more4 hr
Jul 5, 9:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee and 8 more61 min
Jul 5, 11:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois and 13 more91 min
Jul 6, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 19 more4 hr
Jul 6, 9:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 28 more60 min
Jul 6, 11:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland and 29 more59 min
Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 17 more6 hr
Jul 6, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 17 more56 min
Jul 6, 2:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 33 more37 min
Jul 6, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 30 more8 hr
Jul 6, 5:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union53 min
Jul 6, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 31 more5 hr
Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 2 more25 min
Jul 6, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 2 more6 hr
Jul 5, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway, Worth6 hr
Jul 6, 1:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway, Worth119 min
Jul 6, 2:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 33 more2 hr
Jul 6, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 30 more5 hr
Jul 6, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, McDonald, Stone5 hr
Jul 6, 5:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Camden and 33 more117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.