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Mesoscale Discussion 1164

July 26, 201819 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; 35 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT for 19 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Michigan; 35 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 58 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Cass County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Lenawee County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2018-07-26Temperature 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 2018-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 26, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Huntington, Jay and 1 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.