Alert archive / Missouri / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 1941
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 28, 2008, 1:23 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2008, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2008, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 111 counties
Adair County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Alexander 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, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clark County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Howard County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 4 more | 85 min |
| Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Butler and 33 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Clarke and 13 more | 89 min |
| Jul 28, 7:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 8 more | 94 min |
| Jul 28, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Breathitt and 41 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.