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Mesoscale Discussion 1509

June 25, 200376 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2003, 4:52 PM CDT for 76 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Indiana; 23 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2003, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 120 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cook County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Perry County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Union County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Will County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Starke County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2003-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 875 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2003-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
875 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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 25, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee and 7 more115 min
Jun 25, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Ogle and 5 more6 hr
Jun 25, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHancock5 hr
Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson and 13 more2 hr
Jun 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 44 more5 hr
Jun 25, 10:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 22 more114 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more83 min

Nearby

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