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Mesoscale Discussion 1584

August 24, 2016Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan; 23 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan; 23 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2016-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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 24, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Mercer and 4 more8 hr
Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Darke, Montgomery, Preble92 min
Aug 24, 6:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAuglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hamilton and 7 more57 min
Aug 24, 6:51 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCHancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood and 1 more4 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.