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Mesoscale Discussion 2483

November 8, 200318 counties in California

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 8, 2003, 2:03 PM PST for 18 counties in California. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 8, 2003, 2:03 PM PST (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Nov 8, 2003, 4:30 PM PST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Alameda County, CA, Colusa County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Glenn County, CA, Lake County, CA, Marin County, CA, Napa County, CA, Sacramento County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Solano County, CA, Sonoma County, CA, Stanislaus County, CA, Sutter County, CA, Tehama County, CA, Yolo County, CA

The radar

The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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
Nov 8, 10:50 AM PST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Del Norte, Mendocino, Trinity	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in California, 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.