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Mesoscale Discussion 1747

July 26, 20116 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2011, 1:34 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2011, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Oxford County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Dutchess County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 26, 11:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 26, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNorthwest Hills Planning Region8 hr
Jul 26, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region8 hr
Jul 26, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jul 26, 3:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire66 min
Jul 26, 5:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBergen, Burlington, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer and 8 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 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.