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Mesoscale Discussion 1672

September 9, 201616 counties in Indiana; 14 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 9, 2016, 11:24 PM EDT for 16 counties in Indiana; 14 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2016, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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 00:00Z, 3.4 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 9:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 40 more60 min
Sep 10, 1:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison and 10 more2 hr
Sep 10, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Dearborn, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson and 5 more5 hr
Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 31 more6 hr
Sep 10, 4:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga and 12 more2 hr
Sep 10, 4:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin and 6 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.