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Mesoscale Discussion 2071

August 28, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bucks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 957 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 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
Aug 28, 4:01 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Aug 28, 4:38 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region5 hr
Aug 28, 8:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 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.