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Mesoscale Discussion 1061

June 18, 201412 counties in Indiana; 30 counties in Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2014, 11:32 AM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana; 30 counties in Michigan; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2014, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 50 counties

Allen County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Noble County, IN, Porter County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Cass County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Van Buren County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 321Jun 18, 1:55 PM EDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Lake, Porter	6 hr
Jun 18, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 12 more	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 23 more	94 min
Jun 18, 4:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blackford, Delaware, Jay, Randolph, Union, Wayne	88 min
Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, Miami and 3 more	2 hr
Jun 18, 6:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Henry and 6 more	60 min
Jun 18, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more	5 hr
Jun 17, 11:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Iron	84 min
Jun 18, 1:59 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Isabella, Kent, Lake and 10 more	91 min
Jun 18, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 19 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.