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Mesoscale Discussion 792

June 3, 202044 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2020, 8:32 AM EDT for 44 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2020, 8:32 AM EDT (12:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2020, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%
All 44 counties

Adams County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2020-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren3 hr
Jun 3, 5:12 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Erie, Forest, McKean, Warren2 hr
Jun 3, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Carbon and 29 more4 hr
Jun 3, 11:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumberland and 11 more86 min
Jun 3, 3:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 32 more2 hr
Jun 3, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Cameron, Centre, Chester and 20 more6 hr
Jun 3, 6:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLackawanna, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more92 min
Jun 3, 7:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware and 6 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.