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Mesoscale Discussion 2483

November 27, 20058 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 27, 2005, 8:09 PM CST for 8 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2005, 8:09 PM CST (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2005, 10:15 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Adams County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Audrain County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 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
Nov 27, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 1 more5 hr
Nov 27, 11:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 16 more84 min
Nov 27, 11:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 37 more7 hr
Nov 28, 12:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander62 min
Nov 28, 3:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 29 more62 min
Nov 27, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.