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Mesoscale Discussion 2491

November 12, 20038 counties in Indiana; 10 counties in Michigan; 23 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 12, 2003, 3:26 PM EST for 8 counties in Indiana; 10 counties in Michigan; 23 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2003, 3:26 PM EST (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2003, 5:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Jay County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Wells County, IN, Genesee County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-11-12Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 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
Nov 12, 12:45 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange and 5 more3 hr
Nov 12, 2:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 20 more2 hr
Nov 12, 3:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Randolph and 3 more6 hr
Nov 12, 6:13 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Randolph and 3 more2 hr
Nov 12, 1:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 4 more5 hr
Nov 12, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCMonroe, Washtenaw5 hr

Nearby

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