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Mesoscale Discussion 905

May 25, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2004, 7:28 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2004, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 122 counties

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, Lawrence County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland 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, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 285 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 2004-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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 2004-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 31 more85 min
May 26, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham and 25 more5 hr
May 26, 10:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 28 more85 min
May 26, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more8 hr
May 26, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson and 13 more88 min
May 26, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 29 more65 min
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 34 more5 hr
May 26, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 10 more93 min
May 26, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio and 3 more7 hr
May 26, 1:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio and 3 more87 min
May 26, 12:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Knox and 5 more97 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 18 more7 hr
May 26, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Butler, Caldwell and 37 more6 hr
May 26, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Butler, Caldwell and 31 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.