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Mesoscale Discussion 1197

June 6, 20056 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2005, 12:46 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 87 counties

Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Cattaraugus County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 863 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 6, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Martin7 hr
Jun 6, 2:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 48 more2 hr
Jun 6, 5:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Floyd, Lawrence, Martin88 min
Jun 6, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 5 more56 min
Jun 6, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 12 more8 hr
Jun 6, 5:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick and 9 more90 min
Jun 6, 6:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Kent and 2 more86 min
Jun 6, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung and 33 more9 hr
Jun 6, 10:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 27 more62 min
Jun 6, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 19 more6 hr
Jun 6, 4:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam and 5 more55 min
Jun 5, 10:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Fairfield and 18 more92 min
Jun 6, 8:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria and 19 more115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.