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Mesoscale Discussion 149

March 1, 200414 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Indiana; Kenosha County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2004, 1:30 PM CST for 14 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Indiana; Kenosha County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2004, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2004, 2:30 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Will County, IL, Benton County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Wabash County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Kenosha County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-03-01Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 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
Mar 1, 10:06 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Fulton and 22 more84 min
Mar 1, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 32 more6 hr
Mar 1, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 19 more4 hr
Mar 1, 4:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCElkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Noble and 3 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.