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Mesoscale Discussion 1674

August 7, 20078 counties in Indiana; 15 counties in Michigan; 28 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2007, 5:37 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; 15 counties in Michigan; 28 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2007, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Barry County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Medina County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Portage County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2007-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 741 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 2007-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
741 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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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
Aug 7, 5:47 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLaGrange, Steuben118 min
Aug 7, 10:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford and 29 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.