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Mesoscale Discussion 362
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2011, 5:03 AM EDT for 14 counties in New Jersey; 11 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2011, 5:03 AM EDT (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2011, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties
Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, 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
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 050904
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 050903
NJZ000-PAZ000-DEZ000-MDZ000-050930-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0362
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 AM CDT TUE APR 05 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SERN PA...NJ.
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH NEEDED SOON
VALID 050903Z - 050930Z
WW ISSUANCE IS NECESSARY N OF WW 101...WHERE NRN END OF EXTENSIVE
SQUALL LINE WILL POSE THREAT OF DAMAGING GUSTS. NARROW CORRIDOR OF
MRGLLY DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER AIR EXTENDS UP DE VALLEY FROM
DELMARVA REGION AMIDST FAVORABLY STG LOW-MIDLEVEL WIND
PROFILES...LEADING TO THREAT FOR MOMENTUM TRANSFER TO GROUND IN MOST
INTENSE DOWNDRAFTS. SOME OF THIS AIR MASS MAY ADVECT CLOSER TO
COAST AND SHUNT STABLE MARINE AIR EWD SLIGHTLY...GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR
SOME VEERING OF BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF QLCS.
..EDWARDS.. 04/05/2011
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...OKX...PHI...BGM...CTP...LWX...
LAT...LON 39737644 40897587 41177540 41167480 40717456 40227397
39477435 38967498 39367539 39637560 39737644SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 14 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011
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.