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Mesoscale Discussion 1650

July 30, 201213 counties in Michigan; 27 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 30, 2012, 1:26 PM EDT for 13 counties in Michigan; 27 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2012, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 40 counties

Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Iron County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Luce County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI, Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Clark County, WI, Door County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2012-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 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 2012-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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
Jul 30, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlger, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Luce, Marquette and 2 more8 hr
Jul 30, 4:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlger, Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Menominee and 1 more56 min
Jul 30, 7:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Delta, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 8 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Wisconsin, 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.