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Mesoscale Discussion 1889

July 18, 20035 counties in Arkansas; 42 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 18, 2003, 7:08 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; 42 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2003, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Marion County, AR, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2598 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
2598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
13.9

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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 18, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 16 more6 hr
Jul 18, 11:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 16 more92 min
Jul 19, 1:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 13 more63 min
Jul 19, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 18 more5 hr
Jul 19, 3:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and 4 more84 min
Jul 19, 5:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Independence and 16 more94 min
Jul 18, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bollinger, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 26 more56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.