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Mesoscale Discussion 1905

September 6, 201212 counties in New York; 14 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 6, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT for 12 counties in New York; 14 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Pike County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2012-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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
Sep 6, 1:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Clinton, Cortland and 20 more56 min
Sep 6, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 26 more6 hr
Sep 6, 4:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland and 14 more63 min

Nearby

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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.