Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 8
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 1, 2003, 6:47 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2003, 6:47 PM CST (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2003, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Kay County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
185 ACUS11 KWNS 020048 SWOMCD SPC MCD 020047 KSZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-020645- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0008 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0647 PM CST WED JAN 01 2003 AREAS AFFECTED...SE KS/SW MO/NE OK CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW VALID 020047Z - 020645Z ...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SE KS/SW MO/NE OK THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... RECENT RADAR IMAGES FROM THE WICHITA RADAR INDICATE A SNOWBAND DEVELOPING FROM SUMNER COUNTY NE THROUGH GREENWOOD/ELK COUNTIES IN SE KS. THIS SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE...AND THE BAND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RADAR IMAGES FROM THE SGF RADAR INDICATE PRECIPITATION INCRG ACROSS SW MO. THE 00Z SPRINGFIELD SOUNDING HAS MOISTENED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THIS MORNING...AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE ETA SHOW HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING BETWEEN 02-04Z. CURRENT SFC TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S ACROSS SE KS AND SRN MO...SO PRECIP MAY INITIALLY BE RAIN/FZRA BUT DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW 32F AS THE COLUMN BECOMES SATURATED. ETA MODEL SOLUTIONS SHOW THIS BAND EVENTUALLY SHIFTING SWD INTO NE OK AFTER 04-06Z. ..TAYLOR.. 01/02/2003 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... 37099778 38489536 38619304 37099322 36609460 36569603 36499729
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bates, Benton, Callaway, Camden, Cedar, Cole and 20 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.