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Mesoscale Discussion 1090

June 19, 20177 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2017, 10:45 AM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2017, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2017, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 81 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2017-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 178 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, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2017-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more9 hr
Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 19, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndroscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford and 4 more8 hr
Jun 19, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBergen, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon and 7 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.