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Mesoscale Discussion 1051

June 2, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2004, 10:45 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2004, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 12:45 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 125 counties

Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jay County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Adams County, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:40 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson and 15 more65 min
Jun 1, 8:34 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson and 15 more56 min
Jun 2, 3:29 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 14 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.