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Mesoscale Discussion 1674

July 7, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2003, 12:14 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2003, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2003, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 126 counties

Clinton County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1626 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 6, 8:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 10 more59 min
Jul 7, 1:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago95 min
Jul 7, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJo Daviess4 hr
Jul 7, 4:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJo Daviess, Stephenson83 min
Jul 7, 6:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Grundy, Henry, Kendall and 9 more97 min
Jul 7, 8:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 13 more60 min
Jul 7, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Cook, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 6 more4 hr
Jul 7, 10:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, McLean, Piatt and 1 more61 min
Jul 7, 2:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Stephenson, Winnebago115 min
Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRock Island5 hr
Jul 7, 4:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIroquois, Kankakee, Vermilion, Will56 min
Jul 6, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Dearborn, Decatur and 21 more3 hr
Jul 6, 11:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Dearborn, Decatur and 21 more114 min
Jul 7, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFayette, Henry, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union and 1 more6 hr
Jul 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 28 more6 hr
Jul 6, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux6 hr
Jul 6, 8:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 35 more3 hr
Jul 6, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 62 more6 hr
Jul 6, 11:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 62 more114 min
Jul 7, 3:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Cass and 31 more3 hr
Jul 7, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickinson, Iron66 min
Jul 7, 4:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChippewa, Luce, Mackinac, Schoolcraft3 hr
Jul 7, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana and 42 more94 min
Jul 7, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison and 12 more6 hr
Jul 7, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Gallia, Geauga and 15 more53 min

Nearby

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