Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 566
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2003, 5:51 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2003, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Linn and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Camden, Carter, Christian, Dallas, Douglas and 12 more | 113 min |
| Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon and 7 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale 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.