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Mesoscale Discussion 141

February 22, 200325 counties in Indiana; Lenawee County, Monroe County, Wayne County, Michigan; 21 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 22, 2003, 8:33 PM EST for 25 counties in Indiana; Lenawee County, Monroe County, Wayne County, Michigan; 21 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2003, 8:33 PM EST (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2003, 1:30 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 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
Feb 23, 4:45 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDaviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Pike and 4 more5 hr
Feb 22, 7:56 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallia, Lawrence64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.