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Mesoscale Discussion 2190

September 13, 200526 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 13, 2005, 7:55 PM EDT for 26 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2005, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Lake County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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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
Sep 13, 1:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Menominee26 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 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.