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Mesoscale Discussion 1677

July 7, 200348 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2003, 2:56 PM EDT for 48 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2003, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Ashland County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Greene County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
Jul 6, 9:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Champaign, Crawford, Darke, Defiance and 21 more59 min
Jul 7, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Clermont, Darke, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery and 3 more3 hr
Jul 7, 12:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Clermont, Darke, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery and 2 more114 min
Jul 7, 9:30 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock and 12 more60 min
Jul 7, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDefiance, Fulton, Paulding, Williams4 hr
Jul 7, 11:14 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 37 more61 min
Jul 7, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Coshocton and 43 more6 hr
Jul 7, 1:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas and 6 more61 min
Jul 7, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison and 12 more6 hr
Jul 7, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Defiance and 13 more6 hr
Jul 7, 6:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Gallia, Geauga and 15 more53 min
Jul 7, 12:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lebanon and 10 more65 min
Jul 7, 2:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna and 12 more67 min
Jul 7, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster and 8 more5 hr
Jul 7, 6:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster and 7 more61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.