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Mesoscale Discussion 1705

August 5, 201218 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2012, 4:57 AM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2012, 4:57 AM EDT (08:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 36 counties

Blackford County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3062 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
3062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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
Aug 5, 5:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlackford, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Grant and 16 more3 hr
Aug 4, 10:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana and 35 more119 min
Aug 5, 7:57 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 5 more63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.