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Mesoscale Discussion 1141

July 1, 20214 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 331
All 23 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1445 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

014 
ACUS11 KWNS 012016
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 012016 
NJZ000-PAZ000-MDZ000-DEZ000-VAZ000-012145-

Mesoscale Discussion 1141
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0316 PM CDT Thu Jul 01 2021

Areas affected...Portions of the Delmarva Peninsula...far
southeastern PA...and southern NJ

Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 331...

Valid 012016Z - 012145Z

The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 331
continues.

SUMMARY...The threat for mainly damaging wind gusts will continue to
shift eastward across the Delmarva Peninsula, far southeastern
Pennsylvania, and southern New Jersey this afternoon.

DISCUSSION...Multiple clusters of storms with a history of producing
measured severe wind gusts to 58 mph in DC, 66 mph in Annapolis MD,
and damaging wind gusts across central MD have moved eastward across
the Chesapeake Bay. The environment across the Delmarva Peninsula
and southern NJ ahead of this convection remains favorable in the
short term for strong to severe wind gusts capable of producing
mainly scattered tree damage, as low-level lapse rates are modestly
steepened. Latest radar imagery from KDOX shows swaths of strong
inbound velocities across the Eastern Shore of MD associated with
two separate clusters. Recent VWPs from KDOX and KDIX indicate 30-45
kt of west-southwesterly flow at mid levels, and organized multicell
clusters should remain the dominant storm mode as they continue
eastward towards the Atlantic Coast over the next couple of hours.

..Gleason.. 07/01/2021

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...PHI...AKQ...LWX...

LAT...LON   38007520 38017583 38347621 38957626 39307614 40307522
            40387456 40327392 39687408 39187453 38767494 38367498
            38007520

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 11:45 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex2 hr
Jul 1, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex7 hr
Jul 1, 2:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKent, New Castle84 min

Nearby

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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.