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Mesoscale Discussion 1124

June 7, 201121 counties in Ohio; 7 counties in Pennsylvania; Hancock County, West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2011, 8:22 AM EDT for 21 counties in Ohio; 7 counties in Pennsylvania; Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2011, 8:22 AM EDT (12:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Licking County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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, 5:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 11 more3 hr
Jun 7, 6:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 18 more5 hr
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
Jun 7, 6:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Raleigh and 2 more116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.