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Mesoscale Discussion 1200

June 2, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2003, 2:53 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2003, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2003, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-06-02Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 2, 12:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more63 min
Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Polk, Scott and 2 more5 hr
Jun 2, 12:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Jefferson and 6 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 22 more6 hr
Jun 2, 2:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 7 more113 min
Jun 2, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Desha, Lee, Phillips2 hr
Jun 2, 4:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot2 hr
Jun 2, 5:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 5 more119 min
Jun 1, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 10 more65 min
Jun 1, 10:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Kiowa and 6 more13 min
Jun 1, 11:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 12 more54 min
Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 41 more7 hr
Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 6 more95 min
Jun 1, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 22 more91 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.