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Mesoscale Discussion 2115

October 18, 2007Menominee County, Michigan; 34 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 18, 2007, 5:49 PM CDT for Menominee County, Michigan; 34 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2007, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Menominee County, MI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Florence County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Forest County, WI, Iron County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Price County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washburn County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
558 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
Oct 18, 1:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerrien2 hr
Oct 18, 1:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegan, Antrim, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Berrien and 34 more61 min
Oct 18, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Menominee4 hr
Oct 18, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 53 more8 hr
Oct 18, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 52 more116 min
Oct 18, 11:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge and 28 more2 hr

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.