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Mesoscale Discussion 1189

June 18, 20078 counties in Michigan; 27 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2007, 12:06 PM EDT for 8 counties in Michigan; 27 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2007, 12:06 PM EDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Baraga County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Ashland County, WI, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Polk County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2007-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1126 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 2007-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 18, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and 3 more7 hr
Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlger, Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Marquette and 2 more93 min
Jun 18, 7:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickinson, Marquette, Menominee86 min
Jun 18, 1:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBayfield, Douglas61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.