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Mesoscale Discussion 902

May 28, 20175 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2017, 3:09 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2017, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties

Edgar County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Noble County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Branch County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Portage County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2017-05-28Temperature 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 2017-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

347 
ACUS11 KWNS 282010
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 282009 
PAZ000-NYZ000-OHZ000-MIZ000-INZ000-ILZ000-282115-

Mesoscale Discussion 0902
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0309 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017

Areas affected...Northwestern Pennsylvania...northern
Ohio...southern Lower Michigan...and northern/central Indiana

Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 292...

Valid 282009Z - 282115Z

The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 292
continues.

SUMMARY...The severe threat continues in WW 262 although a few areas
in northwestern Indiana and southwestern Lower Michigan will have a
decreased severe threat for the remainder of the afternoon.

DISCUSSION...Scattered multicell thunderstorms have increased across
much of WW 262, with a few linear segments organizing along and just
ahead of a surface trough across south-central Lower Michigan and
north-central Indiana.  Moderate instability and 30-40 knot deep
shear will continue to sustain this activity ahead of the surface
trough, with a continued threat of 1-1.5" hail and gusty winds
approaching severe limits in/near the strongest storms.  Behind the
surface trough, surface winds have shifted to the northwest along
with some decrease in instability, leading to doubt as to whether
convection west of this axis can attain severe thresholds.  Some of
these areas of WW 292 may be cancelled before the originally
scheduled 00Z expiration time.

..Cook.. 05/28/2017

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...BUF...CTP...PBZ...CLE...ILN...DTX...IWX...GRR...
IND...LOT...ILX...

LAT...LON   42488461 42808393 42918296 42728254 42478210 42288100
            42307993 41997947 41457928 40987967 40688101 40498216
            40568310 40698409 40698496 40408583 39988652 39568724
            39608772 39828786 40268766 40858692 41558623 41968579
            42488461

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Douglas, Ford, Iroquois, Vermilion119 min
May 28, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 17 more6 hr
May 28, 4:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Clinton, DeKalb and 12 more59 min
May 28, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware and 15 more96 min
May 28, 11:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlpena, Antrim, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet and 11 more66 min
May 27, 7:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 4 more83 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.