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Mesoscale Discussion 1207

June 18, 2012Monroe County, Michigan; 26 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2012, 1:38 PM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan; 26 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2012, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 27 counties

Monroe County, MI, Ashland County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2012-06-18Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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
Jun 18, 10:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBranch, Calhoun, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Ingham and 13 more2 hr
Jun 18, 12:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDelta, Menominee2 hr
Jun 18, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDelta, Dickinson, Iron, Menominee, Schoolcraft8 hr
Jun 18, 4:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 12 more85 min
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 25 more6 hr
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking, Meigs and 7 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.