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Mesoscale Discussion 211
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 14, 2019, 2:51 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana; 8 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2019, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
Counties Elkhart County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer and 2 more | 83 min |
| Mar 14, 10:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Pike and 4 more | 119 min |
| Mar 14, 10:47 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 49 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Newton | 96 min |
| Mar 14, 1:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Perry, Spencer | 67 min |
| Mar 14, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot and 14 more | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Genesee, Jackson, Lapeer, Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw | 83 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Michigan, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019
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.