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Mesoscale Discussion 2415

September 26, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 26, 2003, 9:21 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2003, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Newton County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 370 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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
Sep 26, 7:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLawrence, Wabash94 min
Sep 26, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Edwards, Lawrence, Wabash6 hr
Sep 26, 11:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Lawrence84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.