Alert archive / New York / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1805
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 31, 2004, 12:32 PM EDT for 17 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania; 13 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2004, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2004, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties
Albany County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Pike County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Fulton, Greene and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 15 more | 84 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 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.