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Mesoscale Discussion 1875

August 6, 201123 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 6, 2011, 6:48 PM EDT for 23 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2011, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2011-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 2011-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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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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.