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Mesoscale Discussion 1750

July 26, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin 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, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle 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 Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester55 min
Jul 26, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire8 hr
Jul 26, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester86 min
Jul 26, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more8 hr
Jul 26, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more58 min
Jul 26, 5:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more66 min

Nearby

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