Alert archive / Missouri / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 1752
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2003, 8:56 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 50 counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2003, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Pike and 6 more | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Ralls, Scotland and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Ralls | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Christian, Cole and 25 more | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek and 26 more | 53 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.