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Mesoscale Discussion 93

January 14, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2005, 2:09 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2005, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2005, 8:15 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Erie County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Jefferson County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Addison County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Washington County, VT, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jan 14, 2:36 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene and 11 more114 min
Jan 14, 4:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more4 hr
Jan 14, 6:34 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 3 more86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 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.