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Mesoscale Discussion 44
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 3, 2003, 1:37 PM CST for 7 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota; 39 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2003, 1:37 PM CST (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2003, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Brown County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Clark County, WI, Columbia County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:38 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 8:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barron, Chippewa, Door, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Door, Marinette | 8 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.