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Mesoscale Discussion 1152

June 9, 20048 counties in Indiana; 33 counties in Michigan; Fulton County, Lucas County, Williams County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2004, 10:21 AM EST for 8 counties in Indiana; 33 counties in Michigan; Fulton County, Lucas County, Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2004, 10:21 AM EST (15:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 12:15 PM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Fulton County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1547 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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
Jun 9, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDeKalb, Steuben5 hr
Jun 9, 1:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSteuben84 min
Jun 9, 4:27 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSteuben63 min
Jun 9, 5:54 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Gibson and 7 more96 min
Jun 9, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Bay, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot and 23 more6 hr
Jun 9, 12:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie and 16 more5 hr
Jun 9, 2:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie and 15 more91 min
Jun 9, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Champaign, Columbiana, Crawford and 29 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.