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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 438

June 8, 200554 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 8, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT for 54 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cook County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon 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, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery 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 Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike33 min
Jun 8, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark55 min
Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike48 min
Jun 8, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell66 min
Jun 8, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTIroquois33 min
Jun 8, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau, Putnam49 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott50 min
Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle44 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Sangamon56 min
Jun 8, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey, Macoupin41 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis48 min
Jun 8, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLaSalle48 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery36 min
Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison44 min
Jun 8, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLivingston53 min
Jun 8, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWarren24 min
Jun 8, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTGrundy, Kankakee, Will28 min
Jun 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair37 min
Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion61 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland, Jasper63 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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
Jun 8, 9:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Hancock28 min
Jun 8, 11:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton and 19 more29 min
Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Christian, Fulton, Greene and 18 more5 hr
Jun 8, 1:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 47 more23 min
Jun 8, 4:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clinton, Coles and 30 more2 hr
Jun 8, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 40 more83 min
Jun 8, 8:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 48 more65 min
Jun 8, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton and 23 more7 hr
Jun 8, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 38 more27 min
Jun 8, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 30 more8 hr
Jun 8, 4:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 29 more60 min
Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry and 3 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.