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Mesoscale Discussion 2235
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 19, 2005, 5:18 PM EDT for 27 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2005, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2005, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton 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, Lake County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 12:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo and 4 more | 92 min |
| Sep 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Branch, Saint Joseph | 6 hr |
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.