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Mesoscale Discussion 662

April 28, 20117 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2011, 11:49 AM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2011, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland 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, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Kings County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Bennington County, VT, Rutland County, VT

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 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
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 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
Apr 28, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region6 hr
Apr 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex8 hr
Apr 28, 4:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex6 hr
Apr 28, 6:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKent, New Castle54 min
Apr 28, 10:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKent, New Castle61 min
Apr 28, 2:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKent, Sussex60 min
Apr 28, 12:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Washington63 min
Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more7 hr
Apr 28, 7:38 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester and 10 more7 hr
Apr 28, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester6 hr
Apr 28, 6:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester57 min
Apr 28, 3:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHunterdon, Sussex, Warren28 min
Apr 27, 9:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins57 min
Apr 27, 10:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Essex, Franklin and 15 more60 min
Apr 28, 2:20 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Fulton and 13 more55 min
Apr 27, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 26 more7 hr

Nearby

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