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Mesoscale Discussion 1379

June 22, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2004, 12:08 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2004, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2004, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 86 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Chester County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 509Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT

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
Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles and 13 more	6 hr
Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more	89 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's and 3 more	56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.