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Mesoscale Discussion 1760

November 5, 20178 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 5, 2017, 4:51 PM EST for 8 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2017, 4:51 PM EST (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2017, 6:45 PM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Beaver County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2017-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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 2017-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 11:29 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Geauga and 14 more91 min
Nov 5, 12:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 35 more7 hr
Nov 5, 2:29 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAuglaize, Mercer31 min
Nov 5, 3:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Crawford, Hancock, Hardin and 9 more63 min
Nov 5, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Geauga and 13 more5 hr
Nov 5, 5:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke and 18 more62 min
Nov 5, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Delaware and 13 more6 hr

Nearby

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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.