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Mesoscale Discussion 1910

August 1, 200524 counties in New York

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2005, 1:02 PM EDT for 24 counties in New York. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2005, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2005, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 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
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia and 26 more5 hr
Aug 1, 6:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEssex, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison and 7 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 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.