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Mesoscale Discussion 2104

August 25, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2004, 9:24 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2004, 9:24 AM CDT (14:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2004, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 106 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson 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, Mercer County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1549 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2004-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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
Aug 25, 11:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Hancock, Pike and 2 more91 min
Aug 25, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Mercer, Pike6 hr
Aug 25, 1:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, DeKalb and 42 more113 min
Aug 25, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 34 more6 hr
Aug 25, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Saint Clair6 hr
Aug 25, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 34 more91 min
Aug 25, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Madison, Mills and 6 more5 hr
Aug 25, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux119 min
Aug 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more7 hr
Aug 24, 11:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 12 more118 min
Aug 25, 4:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 21 more85 min
Aug 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more5 hr
Aug 25, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Chariton, Clinton and 14 more31 min

Nearby

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