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Mesoscale Discussion 603

April 28, 20037 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri; Nemaha County, Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2003, 2:12 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri; Nemaha County, Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2003, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2003, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Nemaha County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford and 6 more2 hr
Apr 28, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 22 more65 min
Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHamilton, Morton, Stanton3 hr
Apr 28, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 12 more3 hr
Apr 28, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 35 more5 hr
Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 34 more2 hr

Nearby

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