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Mesoscale Discussion 1756

July 21, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 21, 2004, 6:20 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2004, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 101 counties

Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Parke County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Arenac County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Huron County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2004-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1495 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 2004-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
1495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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
Jul 21, 7:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Stephenson and 1 more2 hr
Jul 21, 9:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb and 37 more117 min
Jul 21, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 26 more5 hr
Jul 21, 10:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 14 more87 min
Jul 21, 1:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 25 more89 min
Jul 21, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, DuPage and 20 more6 hr
Jul 21, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee and 13 more36 min
Jul 21, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 30 more5 hr
Jul 21, 11:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Cheboygan and 24 more2 hr

Nearby

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