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Mesoscale Discussion 1209

July 8, 201630 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2016, 3:46 PM EDT for 30 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2016, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Huron County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 7.8 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie and 27 more116 min
Jul 8, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 17 more4 hr
Jul 8, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegan, Barry, Bay, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton and 34 more7 hr
Jul 8, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcona, Alpena, Arenac, Cheboygan, Crawford, Gladwin and 9 more2 hr

Nearby

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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.