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Mesoscale Discussion 1867

July 16, 200316 counties in Iowa; 29 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 16, 2003, 10:44 PM CDT for 16 counties in Iowa; 29 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2003, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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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 17, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson91 min
Jul 17, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 18 more2 hr

Nearby

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