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Mesoscale Discussion 1939

September 8, 2012Berkshire County, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Suffolk County, New York; 5 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 8, 2012, 6:17 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Suffolk County, New York; 5 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2012, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Suffolk County, NY, Caledonia County, VT, Essex County, VT, Orange County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2012-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 2012-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

724 
ACUS11 KWNS 082218
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 082217
NHZ000-VTZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000-MAZ000-082315-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1939
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0517 PM CDT SAT SEP 08 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEAST NY/LONG ISLAND TO CT/VT/WESTERN MA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 635...637...

VALID 082217Z - 082315Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 635...637...CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...ISOLATED/BRIEF TORNADO POTENTIAL CONTINUES ACROSS FAR
SOUTHEAST NY INTO CT/WESTERN MA THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. TORNADO WATCH 635 CONTINUES
UNTIL 01Z...WHILE THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO QUICKLY
WANE WITHIN TORNADO WATCH 637 /EARLY CANCELLATION PROBABLE/.

DISCUSSION...NEAR A COLD FRONT...A LONG-LIVED/RELATIVELY LOW-TOPPED
SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO STEADILY PROGRESS /30-35 KT/
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NY INTO WESTERN CT/MA AND
FROM VT INTO NH AS OF 22Z...WITH THE MOST INTENSE /BY VIRTUE OF
REFLECTIVITY AND LIGHTNING CHARACTERISTICS/ PORTION NOW ENTERING
WESTERN CT/MA. ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER...SURFACE
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY COOL /A DEGREE OR TWO PER HR/ AHEAD
OF THE SQUALL LINE...ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOIST ADVECTION ALSO
CONTINUES TO OCCUR TO A DEGREE. WITHIN A WEAKLY UNSTABLE/HIGHLY
SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING INTO MA/CT AND PERHAPS LONG
ISLAND. A BRIEF/ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
23Z-00Z WITH ANY APPRECIABLE LINE-EMBEDDED MESO-VORTICES...GIVEN A
MOIST ENVIRONMENT AND 0-1 KM SRH ON THE ORDER OF 200 M2/S2 PER
WSR-88D VWP DATA FROM OKX/BOX.

OTHERWISE...EARLY CANCELLATION OF TORNADO WATCH 637 IS LIKELY AS THE
SQUALL LINE/ASSOCIATED SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO QUICKLY SHIFT
EASTWARD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND OUT OF WW 637 AND INTO WW 639.

..GUYER.. 09/08/2012

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...BTV...OKX...ALY...

LAT...LON   44777225 44897155 43487218 42157275 41967241 41737180
            40517297 41317372 43587269 44777225

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 10:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 8, 11:18 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region10 hr
Sep 8, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCNorthwest Hills Planning Region7 hr
Sep 8, 1:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Sep 8, 3:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Sep 8, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCapitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region6 hr
Sep 8, 2:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire59 min
Sep 8, 7:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more97 min
Sep 8, 12:57 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua2 hr
Sep 8, 8:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and 13 more93 min
Sep 8, 10:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Franklin, Genesee and 16 more5 hr
Sep 8, 11:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 18 more97 min
Sep 8, 2:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichmond93 min
Sep 8, 4:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichmond53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.