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Mesoscale Discussion 1895

August 25, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2007, 9:11 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2007, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2007, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Allegany County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Perry County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Preston County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-271 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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
Aug 26, 3:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 44 more2 hr

Nearby

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