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Event |
Relation to upper jet |
Orientation of any surface boundary |
Low-level jet |
Winds above the jet |
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Bear Creek (May 28, 02) |
Right entrance (far removed) |
East - west |
South 15-20 kts |
5 kts at 700 mb, up to 25 kts at 500 mb. Shift to westerly |
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June 13, 2003 |
Right entrance (far removed) |
Southeast - northwest |
South-west 25 kts |
22 kts at 700 mb, up to 26 kts at 500 mb. No dir. shear. |
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May 12, 2003 |
Right entrance (far removed) |
Southeast - northwest |
Southwest 20 kts |
Decreasing to 15 kts at 500 mb, weak shift to westerly |
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Speaker Notes:
The following three charts compare some characteristics of several key parameters between this event, and two other recent, similar events (the Bear Creek flash flood on May 28, 2002, and the June 13, 2003 flash flood in eastern Broome County).