Alert archive / Missouri / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2189
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 19, 2003, 2:38 PM CDT for 35 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2003, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Benton County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Dent County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Platte County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ray County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas 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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 84 min |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 3 more | 95 min |
Nearby
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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.