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Mesoscale Discussion 2265

December 1, 20068 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 1, 2006, 4:08 PM EST for 8 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2006, 4:08 PM EST (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2006, 6:15 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 99 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Washington County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-12-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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
Dec 1, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNorthwest Hills Planning Region7 hr
Dec 1, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region2 hr
Dec 1, 6:15 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Dec 1, 6:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCapitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region118 min
Dec 1, 11:38 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKent, New Castle2 hr
Dec 1, 10:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 7 more8 hr
Dec 1, 12:29 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester2 hr
Dec 1, 11:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 16 more6 hr
Dec 1, 12:26 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton6 hr
Dec 1, 6:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango5 hr
Dec 1, 8:44 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.