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Mesoscale Discussion 1302

July 13, 2017DeKalb County, LaGrange County, Steuben County, Indiana; 39 counties in Michigan; 17 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2017, 3:19 AM EDT for DeKalb County, LaGrange County, Steuben County, Indiana; 39 counties in Michigan; 17 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2017, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2017, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 59 counties

DeKalb County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Arenac County, MI, Barry County, MI, Bay County, MI, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Huron County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Crawford County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 885 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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
Jul 12, 10:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenzie, Manistee, Mason84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.