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Mesoscale Discussion 818

June 5, 201631 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2016, 12:31 PM EDT for 31 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2016, 12:31 PM EDT (16:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 31 counties

Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2016-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 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 2016-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 15 more4 hr
Jun 5, 4:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning87 min

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.