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Mesoscale Discussion 829

May 7, 200326 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Michigan; 26 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2003, 6:06 PM EST for 26 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Michigan; 26 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2003, 6:06 PM EST (23:06 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 8:00 PM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
2780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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
May 6, 9:35 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPosey115 min
May 6, 11:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Perry, Posey and 3 more6 hr
May 7, 1:16 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison3 hr
May 7, 1:41 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFloyd, Harrison, Perry, Spencer3 hr
May 7, 12:42 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 43 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.