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Mesoscale Discussion 2570

December 5, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 5, 2003, 12:20 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2003, 12:20 PM EST (17:20 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2003, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 88 counties

Allegany County, MD, Washington County, MD, Ashland County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Adams County, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, York County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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
Dec 5, 6:48 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carbon, Lackawanna, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Wayne	4 hr

Nearby

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