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Mesoscale Discussion 1177

June 5, 200573 counties in Indiana; 24 counties in Michigan; 10 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2005, 11:55 AM EST for 73 counties in Indiana; 24 counties in Michigan; 10 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2005, 11:55 AM EST (16:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 1:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Noble County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pike County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Barry County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wexford County, MI, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 5, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 63 more7 hr
Jun 5, 2:33 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, DeKalb, Elkhart and 16 more117 min
Jun 5, 5:13 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDearborn62 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFranklin, Union6 hr
Jun 4, 7:15 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Gogebic, Iron, Ontonagon90 min
Jun 5, 12:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 44 more7 hr
Jun 5, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGogebic6 hr
Jun 5, 3:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Menominee and 1 more84 min
Jun 5, 3:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Marquette, Menominee5 hr
Jun 5, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCGenesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe and 6 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.