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Mesoscale Discussion 1123

June 7, 201117 counties in Ohio; 5 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2011, 5:29 AM EDT for 17 counties in Ohio; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2011, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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
Jun 7, 6:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 18 more5 hr
Jun 7, 8:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 15 more113 min
Jun 7, 10:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford and 25 more88 min
Jun 7, 2:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 15 more94 min

Nearby

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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.