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Mesoscale Discussion 1633

July 5, 200322 counties in Illinois; 43 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2003, 5:18 PM CDT for 22 counties in Illinois; 43 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2003, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2003, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott County, IA, Story County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Cass County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Clark County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2003-07-05Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2003-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 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
Jul 4, 8:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDuPage, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 1 more62 min
Jul 4, 10:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Ford and 20 more2 hr
Jul 4, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess, Rock Island90 min
Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer and 6 more7 hr
Jul 5, 2:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 27 more89 min
Jul 5, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 11 more4 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCook, Kankakee, Lake, Will92 min
Jul 5, 12:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 14 more3 hr
Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion56 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 36 more6 hr
Jul 4, 8:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay and 20 more62 min
Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 31 more6 hr
Jul 5, 12:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Monona2 hr
Jul 5, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHarrison, Mills, Monona, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Woodbury7 hr
Jul 5, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more93 min

Nearby

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