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Mesoscale Discussion 2113

September 3, 201112 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Michigan; Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 3, 2011, 8:29 PM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Michigan; Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2011, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Steuben County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2011-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2681 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
2681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

983 
ACUS11 KWNS 040029
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 040029 
MIZ000-OHZ000-INZ000-040130-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2113
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0729 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN IND...SRN MI...FAR NWRN OH

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 829...

VALID 040029Z - 040130Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 829
CONTINUES.

THE THREAT OF DMGG WIND AND LARGE HAIL CONTINUES ACROSS NRN
IND...SRN MI...AND FAR NWRN OH. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD GRADUALLY
DIMINISH BY THE EXPIRATION TIME OF 04Z...AND AN ADDITIONAL WW WILL
LIKELY NOT BE NECESSARY.

WRN PORTIONS OF THE WW HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AS STABILIZATION HAS
OCCURRED IN A RAIN COOLED AIR MASS. GIVEN THE ONSET OF DIURNAL
COOLING...SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION IS BECOMING DECREASINGLY
EVIDENT...AND AS LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...THE
THREAT OF DMGG WINDS WILL LESSEN OVER TIME. HOWEVER...A NARROW
CORRIDOR ACROSS NRN IND INTO SERN MI /WHERE HOT MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
WERE OBSERVED/ STILL REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO SUPPORT STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

..HURLBUT.. 09/04/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...CLE...DTX...IWX...GRR...IND...

LAT...LON   40588709 40888693 41998573 42958421 43868263 43838217
            43418218 42638273 42278316 41858341 41508418 40988594
            40608624 40588709

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.