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Mesoscale Discussion 481

April 19, 202528 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Indiana; 10 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 19, 2025, 5:35 AM CDT for 28 counties in Illinois; 14 counties in Indiana; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2025, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2025, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 52 counties

Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Owen County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 3:05 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham and 5 more	115 min
Apr 19, 2:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois and 16 more	2 hr
Apr 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Camden, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dade and 26 more	85 min
Apr 18, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Crawford, Dade and 37 more	8 hr
Apr 18, 11:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Christian, Dent, Douglas, Iron, Madison, Reynolds and 4 more	89 min
Apr 19, 1:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dent, Douglas and 15 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.