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Mesoscale Discussion 867

May 13, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 13, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2005, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 113 counties

Alexander County, IL, Crawford 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, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2005-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2005-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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 13, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Crawford, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 11 more5 hr
May 13, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Crawford, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 11 more86 min
May 14, 10:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 35 more90 min
May 14, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 61 more7 hr
May 14, 2:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 58 more96 min
May 14, 4:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot3 hr
May 13, 8:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe and 1 more85 min
May 14, 12:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Monroe, Vinton and 1 more91 min
May 14, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBelmont, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble, Washington6 hr
May 14, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelmont, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble, Washington83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.