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Mesoscale Discussion 1156

June 9, 20116 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2011, 3:18 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2011, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Aroostook County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-316 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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 9, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndroscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec and 10 more8 hr
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox and 7 more58 min
Jun 9, 11:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire57 min
Jun 9, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more90 min
Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more7 hr
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester88 min
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, 10:36 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung and 30 more84 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 New York, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 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.