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Mesoscale Discussion 901

May 10, 200326 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2003, 5:27 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2003, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-412 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
422 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Chase, Coffey, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more5 hr
May 9, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 5 more88 min
May 9, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more26 min
May 9, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 14 more6 hr
May 10, 12:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 24 more86 min
May 10, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 25 more5 hr
May 10, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 25 more92 min
May 10, 3:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 17 more5 hr
May 10, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 10 more5 hr
May 10, 7:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 10 more54 min
May 10, 9:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson3 hr
May 10, 10:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more66 min
May 10, 10:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Coffey and 18 more2 hr
May 10, 11:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCLinn, Miami7 hr
May 10, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more7 hr
May 10, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMiami2 hr
May 10, 1:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more2 hr
May 10, 1:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNewton83 min
May 10, 5:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Knox, Lewis and 11 more92 min
May 10, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Franklin and 19 more5 hr
May 10, 9:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more2 hr
May 10, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Schuyler, Scotland58 min
May 10, 3:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Howell and 16 more2 hr
May 10, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCPutnam, Schuyler, Scotland6 hr
May 10, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 22 more5 hr
May 10, 4:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Chariton and 24 more87 min
May 10, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Chariton and 32 more5 hr
May 10, 6:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Lewis and 13 more64 min

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.