Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Mesoscale Discussions in 2022
Mesoscale Discussion 52
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 9, 2022, 2:35 AM EST for 17 counties in New York; 27 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2022, 2:35 AM EST (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2022, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Freezing rain
All 44 counties
Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 10:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Steuben | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 5:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene and 11 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2022Every mesoscale discussion in 2022
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.