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Mesoscale Discussion 2252

September 22, 20054 counties in Illinois; 35 counties in Michigan; 7 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 22, 2005, 1:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois; 35 counties in Michigan; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2005, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Boone County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Huron County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Oceana 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, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2005-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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
Sep 22, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 2 more7 hr
Sep 22, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 2 more57 min
Sep 22, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 4 more92 min
Sep 21, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 17 more94 min
Sep 21, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and 10 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.