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Mesoscale Discussion 203

March 6, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2003, 7:13 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2003, 7:13 AM EST (12:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2003, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 49 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Broome County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Pike County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 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
Mar 5, 9:36 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greene, Washington	6 hr
Mar 6, 5:18 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler and 9 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 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.