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Mesoscale Discussion 1161

June 9, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2004, 4:27 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2004, 4:27 PM EST (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 5:30 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Steuben County, IN, Bay County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 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, 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, 10:21 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Noble and 2 more114 min
Jun 9, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDeKalb, Steuben5 hr
Jun 9, 1:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSteuben84 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, 9:11 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson and 3 more2 hr
Jun 9, 10:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCayuga, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and 12 more6 hr
Jun 9, 12:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 2 more5 hr
Jun 9, 1:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 13 more94 min
Jun 9, 2:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 2 more91 min
Jun 9, 3:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 13 more54 min
Jun 9, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton and 32 more5 hr
Jun 9, 4:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua4 hr
Jun 9, 5:28 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Chenango, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Madison and 11 more62 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 7 more5 hr

Nearby

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