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Mesoscale Discussion 817

May 13, 200923 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Indiana; Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 13, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT for 23 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Indiana; Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Perry County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 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, 9:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 54 more63 min
May 13, 1:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clinton, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Macoupin and 7 more30 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Hancock, Jersey and 3 more23 min
May 13, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton and 16 more7 hr
May 13, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland and 24 more5 hr
May 13, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass and 50 more88 min
May 13, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, DuPage and 26 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.