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Mesoscale Discussion 2376
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 5, 2005, 6:36 PM CST for 29 counties in Illinois; 27 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 84 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2005, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2005, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties
Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 8:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 58 more | 67 min |
| Nov 5, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 28 more | 93 min |
| Nov 6, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope | 85 min |
| Nov 6, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 7:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Oregon and 8 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.