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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 422

June 9, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 9, 2004, 7:55 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2004, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2004, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 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 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester5 hr
Jun 9, 6:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin62 min
Jun 9, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin96 min
Jun 9, 10:11 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson and 3 more2 hr
Jun 9, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCayuga, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and 12 more6 hr
Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 2 more5 hr
Jun 9, 2:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 13 more94 min
Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 2 more91 min
Jun 9, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 13 more54 min
Jun 9, 5:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCattaraugus, Chautauqua63 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua4 hr

Nearby

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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.