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Mesoscale Discussion 2095

September 2, 201112 counties in Michigan; 9 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 2, 2011, 11:08 AM EDT for 12 counties in Michigan; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2011, 11:08 AM EDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2011, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Lake County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Mason County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Wexford County, MI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2011-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2366 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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
Sep 2, 12:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 18 more3 hr
Sep 1, 9:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurnett, Douglas93 min
Sep 2, 4:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more6 hr
Sep 2, 8:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and 10 more61 min
Sep 2, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac and 16 more3 hr
Sep 2, 3:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dane, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 5 more94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.