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Mesoscale Discussion 2128

August 27, 200417 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; 42 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2004, 4:36 AM CDT for 17 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; 42 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2004, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Cook County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clare 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, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 636 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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
Aug 26, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson62 min
Aug 26, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more6 hr
Aug 26, 11:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more97 min
Aug 27, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, DuPage and 25 more6 hr
Aug 27, 1:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHenderson, Henry, Mercer, Ogle, Rock Island, Whiteside and 1 more56 min
Aug 27, 6:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, McLean, Mason and 4 more27 min
Aug 27, 9:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Morgan and 2 more96 min
Aug 27, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 7 more5 hr
Aug 27, 1:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and 6 more113 min
Aug 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Morgan, Pike and 1 more6 hr
Aug 27, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Morgan, Pike and 1 more86 min
Aug 27, 4:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 14 more2 hr
Aug 27, 12:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 8 more3 hr
Aug 27, 1:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntrim, Arenac, Benzie, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford and 15 more66 min
Aug 27, 12:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Bay, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee and 23 more2 hr

Nearby

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