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Mesoscale Discussion 954

June 16, 2016Anne Arundel County, Charles County, Prince George's County, Maryland; 46 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2016, 9:21 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Charles County, Prince George's County, Maryland; 46 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2016, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Charles County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King George County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 45 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.