Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2288
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2003, 3:09 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2003, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Somerset 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, 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
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 12:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charles | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 6:11 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harford | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 10 more | 87 min |
| Aug 27, 6:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Bedford, Cambria, Columbia and 18 more | 87 min |
| Aug 27, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 16 more | 113 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2003Every 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.