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Mesoscale Discussion 762

May 9, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2007, 2:38 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2007, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Noble County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Mason County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Fulton County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Williams County, OH, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 275 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 2007-05-09Temperature 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 2007-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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
May 9, 4:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenzie, Charlevoix, Delta, Dickinson, Grand Traverse, Iron and 5 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.