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Mesoscale Discussion 2310

August 29, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 29, 2003, 1:32 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2003, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2003, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 84 counties

Broome County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Miami County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 10:30 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Erie, Franklin and 22 more	3 hr
Aug 29, 10:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Clinton, Erie, Essex and 22 more	5 hr
Aug 29, 2:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Clinton, Erie, Essex and 22 more	97 min
Aug 29, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 33 more	5 hr
Aug 29, 6:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 20 more	57 min
Aug 29, 4:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Williams	119 min
Aug 29, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage and 5 more	5 hr
Aug 29, 4:51 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Columbiana, Mahoning, Stark, Tuscarawas	84 min
Aug 29, 2:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester and 24 more	3 hr
Aug 29, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon and 3 more	5 hr

Nearby

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