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Mesoscale Discussion 1671

August 7, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2007, 10:27 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2007, 10:27 AM EDT (14:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Ashland County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 817 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 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 7, 5:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Erie, Fulton and 22 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.