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Mesoscale Discussion 1358

June 12, 20036 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2003, 4:06 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2003, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2003, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 74 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Washington County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kent, New Castle	7 hr
Jun 12, 12:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 4 more	58 min
Jun 12, 6:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Centre and 5 more	58 min
Jun 12, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 57 more	6 hr
Jun 12, 3:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 44 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.