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Mesoscale Discussion 1568

October 11, 20184 counties in Maryland

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 11, 2018, 6:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2018, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2018, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 38 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2018-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 983 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2018-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCSomerset, Wicomico, Worcester13 hr
Oct 11, 12:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSomerset117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.