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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0433
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0728 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS PA...OH...NRN WV PANHANDLE.
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 88...91...
VALID 110028Z - 110230Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
88...91...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...WW 88 HAS BEEN REPLACED W OF INDIANA/OH BORDER BY WW 93.
OH PORTIONS OF WW 88 THAT ARE NOT ALREADY CLEARED MAY BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 01Z DUE TO DIMINISHING SVR THREAT. WWS 88
AND 91 MAY BE CLEARED BEHIND PRIMARY TSTM COMPLEXES NOW OVER CENTRAL
PA AND ERN OH RESPECTIVELY...EACH OF WHICH STILL POSES THREAT FOR
DAMAGING WIND WHILE MOVING ESEWD 45-50 KT.
DISCUSSION...SFC 00Z MESOANALYSIS SHOWS MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
AS FOLLOWS...
1. FROM SMALL TSTM CLUSTER NOW OVER SERN PA -- EXTENDS WNWWD ACROSS
LANCASTER/HUNTINGDON COUNTIES PA...WHERE IT IS BEING OVERTAKEN BY
SECOND MCS. EARLIER COMPLEX NOW OVER LONG ISLAND REINFORCED COLD
POOL N OF THIS BOUNDARY...AND THETAE DIMINISHES CONSIDERABLY WITHIN
50-60 NM TO ITS N. SFC MOIST AXIS INTERSECTS THIS BOUNDARY NEAR MDT
AND EXTENDS SWD OVER DC AREA...CONTRIBUTING TO NARROW/MRGL PLUME OF
SFC-BASED EFFECTIVE INFLOW PARCELS WITH 250-700 J/KG MLCAPE THAT MAY
SUPPORT LEADING MCS INTO SERN PA BEFORE IT WEAKENS. UNV GUSTED TO
58 KT AND CTP WFO MEASURED ROOFTOP GUSTS TO 56 KT. ACTIVITY SHOULD
REMAIN CAPABLE OF SPOTTY SVR GUSTS AS IT MOVES THROUGH REMAINDER
CENTRAL PA AND PORTIONS SERN PA...ESPECIALLY ALONG W-FACING AND
HIGHER TERRAIN THAT IS MORE EXPOSED.
2. FROM CENTRAL PA COMPLEX ACROSS SOMERSET/GREENE COUNTIES
PA...INTERSECTING ERN OH MCS OVER GUERNSEY COUNTY. ALTHOUGH BULK OF
THIS COMPLEX WILL REMAIN N OF BOUNDARY...OCNL DAMAGING GUSTS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WITHIN 30-40 NM TO ITS N
WHERE ANTECEDENT COLD POOL IS SHALLOWEST.
3. FROM ERN OH MCS ACROSS PICKAWAY/GREENE/PREBLE COUNTIES
OH...MOVING SWD 15-20 KT AND DECELERATING. BULK OF CENTRAL/WRN OH
CONVECTION NEXT 2-3 HOURS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED N OF THIS
BOUNDARY IN PATCHY FORM...AND SUPPORTED BY SWLY/30-KT LLJ THAT IS
SUPPORTING ISENTROPIC LIFT TO LFC ATOP COLD POOL. ISOLATED LARGE
HAIL IS POSSIBLE...BUT SVR POTENTIAL IS MUCH LESS ORGANIZED AND MORE
MRGL THAN WITH MCS ACTIVITY FARTHER E.
..EDWARDS.. 04/11/2013
ATTN...WFO...PHI...CTP...PBZ...RLX...CLE...ILN...IWX...
LAT...LON 39468480 40948473 41218186 40958002 41207767 40847619
40337505 39757603 39717989 39378204 39468480
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