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Mesoscale Discussion 2274

August 26, 200341 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2003, 6:18 PM EDT for 41 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2003, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Henry County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Portage County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-08-26The 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-573 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Aug 26, 12:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 14 more63 min
Aug 26, 8:30 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 12 more2 hr
Aug 26, 9:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Columbiana, Crawford and 35 more5 hr
Aug 26, 11:08 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 32 more2 hr
Aug 26, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAthens, Auglaize, Belmont, Butler, Carroll, Champaign and 39 more5 hr
Aug 26, 2:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonroe, Noble116 min
Aug 26, 3:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 37 more119 min
Aug 26, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 39 more6 hr
Aug 26, 7:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Delaware and 21 more65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.