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Mesoscale Discussion 1194

June 3, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2008, 11:34 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 150 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton 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, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Campbell County, KY, Adams County, OH, Allen County, OH, Athens County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2538 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 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
14.4

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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
Jun 3, 9:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 24 more94 min
Jun 4, 1:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more91 min
Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 46 more5 hr
Jun 4, 6:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Crawford, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Lawrence and 7 more2 hr
Jun 4, 1:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 7 more96 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Champaign, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy and 23 more84 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 40 more6 hr
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette and 13 more88 min
Jun 4, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 41 more6 hr
Jun 4, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCDearborn, Ohio, Switzerland7 hr
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more95 min
Jun 4, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 23 more4 hr
Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCUnion62 min
Jun 4, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence4 hr
Jun 4, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence5 hr
Jun 3, 11:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 14 more87 min
Jun 4, 1:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 13 more6 hr
Jun 4, 6:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBraxton, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster97 min
Jun 4, 10:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more84 min
Jun 4, 11:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more7 hr
Jun 4, 3:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBraxton, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Hardy, Jefferson and 7 more116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.