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Mesoscale Discussion 1700

July 8, 2003Garrett County, Maryland; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 16 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2003, 7:29 AM EDT for Garrett County, Maryland; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 16 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2003, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2003, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Garrett County, MD, Armstrong County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 7, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Washington	5 hr
Jul 7, 10:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Washington	58 min
Jul 7, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaver, Lawrence	3 hr
Jul 8, 12:57 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 7 more	63 min
Jul 8, 2:57 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Washington	63 min
Jul 8, 3:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 6 more	6 hr
Jul 8, 6:06 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette and 6 more	114 min
Jul 8, 3:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford and 9 more	28 min
Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more	5 hr
Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more	115 min
Jul 8, 1:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 8 more	95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.