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Mesoscale Discussion 1167

July 6, 202111 counties in New Jersey; 9 counties in New York; Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 6, 2021, 5:25 PM EDT for 11 counties in New Jersey; 9 counties in New York; Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2021, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 336
All 23 counties

Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

212 
ACUS11 KWNS 062126
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 062125 
NYZ000-CTZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-062300-

Mesoscale Discussion 1167
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0425 PM CDT Tue Jul 06 2021

Areas affected...portions of Northern New Jersey into the New York
City Metropolitan Area

Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336...

Valid 062125Z - 062300Z

The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336
continues.

SUMMARY...A relatively concentrated swath of damaging gusts may
occur with an organizing line of thunderstorms across northern
portions of Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336. Brief instances of gusts
in the 65-75 mph range are possible with the stronger storms.

DISCUSSION...Latest MRMS mosaic radar data depicts an organizing
line of thunderstorms, with some forward bowing of the leading line
of higher reflectivity. KOKX and KDIX radars also show an
intensifying swath of higher inbound velocities at the 0.5 degree
scan, roughly 8 kft above ground level. Latest RAP forecast
soundings show 0-3km lapse rates exceeding 8 C/km (roughly at/below
8 kft), suggesting that efficient downward momentum transport of the
stronger winds in the 850-600 mb layer is likely. Combined with the
impacts of evaporative cooling in the sfc-500 mb layer (where
notable drying is present), a swath consisting of multiple damaging
gusts appear likely. Latest mesoanalysis shows 2000+ MLCAPE in
advance of this line, fueled by 90+ F surface temperatures and 70+ F
dewpoints. As such, locally higher damaging gust potential is
expected to accompany the line of storms to the Atlantic Seaboard,
including the New York City Metropolitan area within the next 2
hours.

..Squitieri/Hart.. 07/06/2021

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

ATTN...WFO...OKX...PHI...BGM...CTP...

LAT...LON   40817589 41287513 41437464 41457420 41317381 41097347
            40777324 40437342 40407410 40497517 40817589

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 12:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester and 13 more2 hr
Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more8 hr
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex and 14 more97 min
Jul 5, 9:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga and 5 more2 hr
Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 17 more7 hr

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.