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Mesoscale Discussion 893

June 8, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2014, 11:37 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 11:37 AM EDT (15:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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
Jun 8, 1:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Garrett2 hr
Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarrett114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.