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Mesoscale Discussion 1275

June 14, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2004, 8:03 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2004, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2004, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 773 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 14, 8:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCortland, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida and 2 more64 min
Jun 14, 10:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Chenango, Tioga62 min
Jun 15, 3:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau and 10 more95 min
Jun 15, 9:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware and 15 more2 hr
Jun 15, 2:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Brown, Butler and 51 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.