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Mesoscale Discussion 2255

September 22, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 22, 2005, 8:44 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2005, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Cook County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Will County, IL, Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2005-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 866 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 2005-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Sep 23, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 13 more84 min
Sep 23, 2:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMeigs117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.