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Mesoscale Discussion 597

April 26, 200717 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 26, 2007, 3:26 PM EDT for 17 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2007, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 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
Apr 26, 1:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign and 33 more54 min
Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Brown, Butler and 52 more8 hr
Apr 26, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAshtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 18 more6 hr
Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Brown, Butler and 63 more93 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.