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Mesoscale Discussion 2113

August 25, 200410 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Michigan; Defiance County, Paulding County, Williams County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2004, 6:01 PM EST for 10 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Michigan; Defiance County, Paulding County, Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2004, 6:01 PM EST (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2004, 7:30 PM EST
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Barry County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun 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, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2004-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2004-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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.

331 
ACUS11 KWNS 252303
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 252301 
MIZ000-OHZ000-INZ000-260030-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2113
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0601 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/ERN LOWER MI INTO NERN IND/NWRN OH

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 

VALID 252301Z - 260030Z

POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH ONGOING
STORMS. WW NOT ANTICIPATED.

AS OF 2245Z...REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO
POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WITH A COUPLE OF EMBEDDED BOWING
STRUCTURES FROM CLINTON/EATON COUNTIES IN CNTRL LOWER MI SWWD TO
WABASH/KOSCIUSKO COUNTIES IN N-CNTRL/NERN IND. DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS
REMAINS WARM/MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH
MLCAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG. GIVEN THE MODESTLY STRONG SWLY FLOW
OBSERVED ON THE GRAND RAPIDS MI/N WEBSTER IND VWPS...POTENTIAL FOR
MAINLY A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY BOWING STRUCTURES. THIS THREAT IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER ISOLATED AND A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

..MEAD.. 08/25/2004

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...DTX...IWX...GRR...

41048609 42478553 43178502 43488425 43448346 42568346
41178449 40718530 40668582

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 3:38 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 24 more2 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.