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Mesoscale Discussion 440

April 7, 20035 counties in New Jersey; 12 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 7, 2003, 4:41 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 12 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2003, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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
Apr 7, 10:43 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bergen, Passaic	3 hr
Apr 7, 4:56 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield and 13 more	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 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.