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Mesoscale Discussion 569

May 6, 20048 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Michigan; 13 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2004, 8:37 PM EST for 8 counties in Indiana; 5 counties in Michigan; 13 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2004, 8:37 PM EST (01:37 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2004, 10:00 PM EST
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2004-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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 2004-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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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
May 6, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 20 more5 hr
May 7, 6:38 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 30 more97 min
May 7, 8:30 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 17 more90 min
May 7, 8:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 26 more6 hr
May 6, 10:05 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and 7 more85 min
May 6, 10:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga and 27 more5 hr
May 7, 2:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 15 more62 min
May 7, 9:29 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 9 more91 min
May 7, 10:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAthens, Belmont, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison and 10 more6 hr
May 7, 11:49 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Delaware, Fairfield and 24 more86 min
May 7, 12:49 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking and 7 more86 min

Nearby

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