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Mesoscale Discussion 2177

December 1, 200735 counties in Michigan; Cook County, Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 1, 2007, 11:47 PM EST for 35 counties in Michigan; Cook County, Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2007, 11:47 PM EST (04:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2007, 2:45 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Alcona County, MI, Alger County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Bay County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Chippewa County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Huron County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Luce County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Cook County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 466 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-02Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
707 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
Dec 1, 7:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegan, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Berrien, Branch and 42 more5 hr
Dec 2, 1:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBranch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale and 12 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.