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Mesoscale Discussion 2391

November 15, 200810 counties in New Jersey; 11 counties in New York; 11 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 15, 2008, 1:47 PM EST for 10 counties in New Jersey; 11 counties in New York; 11 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2008, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2008, 2:45 PM EST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Carbon County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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.

Tornado Watch 936Nov 15, 2:55 PM EST

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 12:22 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more	7 hr
Nov 15, 2:56 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris and 5 more	6 hr
Nov 15, 6:15 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 13 more	2 hr
Nov 15, 6:55 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 3 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2008 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.