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Mesoscale Discussion 992

June 12, 2015Berkshire County, Massachusetts; 35 counties in New York; Bennington County, Rutland County, Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; 35 counties in New York; Bennington County, Rutland County, Vermont. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Rutland County, VT

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2015-06-12Temperature 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 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 12, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBerkshire8 hr
Jun 12, 1:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Cortland, Erie and 17 more64 min
Jun 12, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson and 7 more6 hr
Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan, Tioga4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.