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Mesoscale Discussion 1330

July 17, 201727 counties in New York; 8 counties in Pennsylvania; 12 counties in Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 17, 2017, 3:37 PM EDT for 27 counties in New York; 8 counties in Pennsylvania; 12 counties in Vermont. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2017, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2017-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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 2017-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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
Jul 17, 12:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 25 more2 hr
Jul 17, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 18 more7 hr
Jul 17, 6:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange and 7 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 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.