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Mesoscale Discussion 96

January 14, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2005, 2:36 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2005, 2:36 AM EST (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2005, 4:30 AM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Baltimore County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:55 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCSussex5 hr
Jan 14, 4:15 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSussex90 min
Jan 14, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCSussex6 hr
Jan 14, 7:05 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSussex85 min
Jan 14, 4:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex and 12 more4 hr
Jan 14, 6:34 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex and 7 more86 min
Jan 14, 2:09 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 33 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.