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Mesoscale Discussion 2324

October 18, 20046 counties in Illinois; 34 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 18, 2004, 12:04 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2004, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2004, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Union County, IL, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2097 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 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
2097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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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
Oct 17, 10:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonroe, Randolph3 hr
Oct 17, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph, Saint Clair6 hr
Oct 18, 2:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair56 min
Oct 18, 4:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clay, Clinton, Fayette and 16 more35 min
Oct 18, 7:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Massac, Pulaski61 min
Oct 18, 10:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham and 27 more85 min
Oct 18, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Clinton, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph and 2 more5 hr
Oct 18, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 2 more95 min
Oct 18, 3:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clinton, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph and 3 more94 min
Oct 18, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 17 more5 hr
Oct 18, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham and 23 more115 min
Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.