Alert archive / Missouri / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2062
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 2, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT for 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Mississippi and 7 more | 85 min |
| Aug 1, 11:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cedar, Vernon | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Dunklin and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Dunklin and 12 more | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole, Cooper and 18 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.