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Mesoscale Discussion 1544

July 6, 20048 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 6, 2004, 2:34 PM CDT for 8 states. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2004, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 141 counties

Lauderdale County, AL, Clay County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 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
Jul 6, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington5 hr
Jul 6, 5:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington117 min
Jul 6, 11:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Fulton, Randolph, Sharp59 min
Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 15 more6 hr
Jul 6, 5:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph and 1 more53 min
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 5, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 26 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, 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, 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 6, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 32 more5 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 5, 7:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Johnson, Unicoi65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.