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Mesoscale Discussion 1734

July 25, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 25, 2011, 3:16 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2011, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Albany County, NY, Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene 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, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Yates County, NY, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Montour County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 83 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2011-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 992 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 2011-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
992 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Jul 25, 11:12 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland and 14 more63 min
Jul 25, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua and 33 more7 hr
Jul 25, 1:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery and 2 more2 hr
Jul 25, 5:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria and 25 more63 min

Nearby

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