Alert archive / New Jersey / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 1887
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 23, 2008, 9:26 PM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2008, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties
Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Caroline County, MD, Cecil 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, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:07 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min | |
| Jul 23, 8:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Charles, Harford, Howard, Kent and 4 more | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 10:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more | 116 min |
| Jul 24, 1:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland and 28 more | 87 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.