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Mesoscale Discussion 900

May 10, 20037 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2003, 3:33 AM EST for 7 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2003, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 5:00 AM EST
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 241 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Frederick County, VA, Highland County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3057 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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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 9, 8:40 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 36 more2 hr
May 9, 10:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 25 more5 hr
May 10, 8:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur and 26 more6 hr
May 10, 9:25 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey and 3 more2 hr
May 10, 10:39 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur and 28 more2 hr
May 10, 10:54 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 48 more66 min
May 10, 11:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBlackford, Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Henry and 7 more5 hr
May 10, 12:38 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Hancock and 16 more97 min
May 10, 1:04 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlackford, Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Henry and 7 more86 min
May 10, 10:12 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Greenup, Harrison, Kenton and 4 more2 hr
May 10, 11:41 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 13 more2 hr
May 10, 12:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 19 more6 hr
May 10, 2:27 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 20 more93 min
May 10, 2:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Bracken, Campbell, Fleming, Grant, Greenup and 6 more59 min
May 10, 4:56 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 10 more94 min
May 10, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBoyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 11 more6 hr
May 9, 7:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Hocking, Meigs63 min
May 10, 1:31 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Greensville and 14 more89 min
May 10, 2:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Craig, Dinwiddie and 18 more6 hr
May 10, 3:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Craig, Floyd and 16 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.