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Mesoscale Discussion 1571

August 20, 201622 counties in Indiana; Lenawee County, Michigan; 14 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT for 22 counties in Indiana; Lenawee County, Michigan; 14 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 37 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Lenawee County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 2:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall and 3 more62 min
Aug 20, 11:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass and 20 more116 min
Aug 20, 3:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency and 5 more94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.