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Mesoscale Discussion 1788
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2003, 11:51 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 84 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2003, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Carroll | 86 min |
| Jul 11, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 1 more | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Independence and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 8 more | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more | 87 min |
| Jul 12, 4:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Scott, Sherman and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Scott, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 83 min |
| Jul 11, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more | 86 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.