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Mesoscale Discussion 1676

September 10, 20166 counties in New York; 18 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 10, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York; 18 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Lake County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 258 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 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 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
258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 1:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua2 hr
Sep 10, 2:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Oswego and 2 more2 hr
Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more6 hr
Sep 9, 11:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Darke, Hancock, Hardin, Henry and 8 more96 min
Sep 10, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 22 more5 hr
Sep 10, 4:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin and 6 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.