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Mesoscale Discussion 1807

July 31, 20047 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 31, 2004, 4:06 PM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2004, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Washington County, MD, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Orange 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, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York 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, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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
Jul 31, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire6 hr
Jul 31, 12:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Fulton and 11 more118 min

Nearby

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