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Mesoscale Discussion 787

May 16, 20226 counties in New Jersey; 19 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2022, 2:43 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; 19 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2022, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2022, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 226...227...229
All 32 counties

Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2022-05-16Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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
May 16, 12:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more119 min
May 16, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester and 12 more6 hr
May 16, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCape May, Cumberland, Salem5 hr
May 16, 11:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 7 more83 min
May 16, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 15 more5 hr
May 16, 12:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Fulton, Greene and 10 more87 min
May 16, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin and 13 more7 hr
May 16, 5:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Rensselaer, Washington97 min
May 16, 9:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 16 more91 min
May 16, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia and 20 more4 hr
May 16, 6:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 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.