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Mesoscale Discussion 1368
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2013, 11:53 AM EDT for 31 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Michigan; 18 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2013, 11:53 AM EDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 61 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 49 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Dearborn and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 5 more | 85 min |
| Jul 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013
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.