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Mesoscale Discussion 905

May 27, 20078 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2007, 6:56 PM EDT for 8 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2007, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 123 counties

New Castle County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Adams County, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Chester County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Washington County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 224 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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
May 27, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery and 3 more60 min
May 27, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 7 more4 hr
May 27, 1:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 15 more93 min
May 27, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more6 hr
May 27, 12:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Fairfield and 22 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.