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Mesoscale Discussion 1501

June 24, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2003, 10:27 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2003, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 99 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Knox County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3681 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
3681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.3

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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 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLyon, Sioux5 hr
Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 11 more5 hr
Jun 25, 12:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Crawford and 12 more113 min
Jun 25, 10:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Appanoose, Benton, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 24 more114 min
Jun 25, 11:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Clay, Emmet, Greene and 8 more2 hr
Jun 25, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines and 18 more115 min
Jun 25, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppanoose, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 26 more6 hr
Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines and 20 more2 hr
Jun 24, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAitkin, Anoka, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Carver and 31 more66 min
Jun 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin6 hr
Jun 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 35 more6 hr
Jun 24, 9:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Traverse, Wilkin83 min
Jun 25, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRichardson5 hr
Jun 25, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Florence, Fond du Lac and 11 more2 hr
Jun 25, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 11 more5 hr
Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 10 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.