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Mesoscale Discussion 1150

June 9, 201136 counties in New York; 37 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2011, 10:36 AM EDT for 36 counties in New York; 37 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2011, 10:36 AM EDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Albany County, NY, Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Potter County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1369 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 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
1369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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 8, 8:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis and 6 more84 min
Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCayuga, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis and 9 more3 hr
Jun 9, 3:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 10 more2 hr
Jun 9, 3:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 14 more6 hr
Jun 9, 8:13 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 12 more2 hr
Jun 9, 11:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 16 more57 min
Jun 9, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton and 28 more8 hr
Jun 9, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 6 more90 min
Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more7 hr
Jun 9, 3:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware and 20 more87 min
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 5 more88 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene and 19 more58 min
Jun 9, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 41 more7 hr
Jun 9, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Fayette and 8 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 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.