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Mesoscale Discussion 1636

August 3, 20077 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 114 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Aroostook County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Washington County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Passaic County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orange County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Pike County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2007-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1646 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 2007-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
1646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 3, 3:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 3, 6:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAroostook55 min
Aug 3, 10:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset92 min
Aug 3, 12:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot and 4 more97 min
Aug 3, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndroscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec and 10 more9 hr
Aug 3, 3:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPenobscot95 min
Aug 3, 8:43 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 3 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.