Alert archive / Ohio / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 1986
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2008, 6:44 PM EDT for 32 counties in Indiana; 6 counties in Michigan; 44 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2008, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 51 more | 113 min |
| Aug 1, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry and 56 more | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Menominee and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Calhoun and 42 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alger, Charlevoix, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Leelanau and 3 more | 87 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.