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Mesoscale Discussion 146

February 23, 20039 counties in Arkansas; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; 25 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 23, 2003, 10:41 AM CST for 9 counties in Arkansas; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; 25 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2003, 10:41 AM CST (16:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2003, 3:45 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dent County, MO, Greene County, MO, Iron County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, McDonald County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2003-02-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2003-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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, 2:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 6 more2 hr
Feb 23, 3:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more5 hr
Feb 23, 5:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 13 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.