Alert archive / New York / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2162
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2003, 12:51 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 114 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2003, 12:51 PM EDT (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2003, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegheny, Beaver, Crawford, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greene, Washington | 97 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003
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.