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Mesoscale Discussion 40
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 9, 2008, 3:50 AM EST for 26 counties in New York; 26 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2008, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2008, 5:45 AM EST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Armstrong County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and 8 more | 119 min |
| Jan 9, 12:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Erie | 3 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.