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Mesoscale Discussion 1047

June 1, 201127 counties in New York; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 10 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2011, 9:38 AM EDT for 27 counties in New York; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 10 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Allegany County, NY, 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, Lewis 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, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Cameron County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2410 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 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
2410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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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
Jun 1, 5:58 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Essex and 12 more2 hr
Jun 1, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia and 23 more7 hr
Jun 1, 12:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings and 11 more64 min
Jun 1, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more7 hr
Jun 1, 4:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester88 min
Jun 1, 7:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York and 8 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.