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Mesoscale Discussion 1202

June 30, 20175 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 30, 2017, 7:06 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2017, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Lackawanna County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCapitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region7 hr
Jun 30, 4:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jun 30, 12:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 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.