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Mesoscale Discussion 1887

August 25, 200729 counties in New York

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2007, 12:30 PM EDT for 29 counties in New York. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2007, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2007, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton 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, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Yates County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2007-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1654 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 2007-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.7

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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 25, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung and 31 more8 hr
Aug 25, 4:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland and 24 more94 min
Aug 25, 7:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Essex and 16 more96 min

Nearby

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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.