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Mesoscale Discussion 887

May 24, 200430 counties in Illinois; 24 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2004, 11:45 PM CDT for 30 counties in Illinois; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2004, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Greene County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howard County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 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 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough and 3 more90 min
May 24, 10:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 36 more64 min
May 24, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 27 more5 hr
May 25, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 15 more3 hr
May 25, 9:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Lawrence, Pope and 4 more86 min
May 25, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 12 more6 hr
May 25, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more96 min
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin and 22 more6 hr
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 12 more89 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 25 more87 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph and 2 more56 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Henry and 6 more6 hr
May 25, 12:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Henry and 6 more90 min
May 25, 2:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cedar, Dade, Henry, Jasper and 3 more118 min
May 25, 11:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cedar, Cole and 25 more93 min

Nearby

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