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Mesoscale Discussion 15

January 14, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2004, 6:43 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2004, 6:43 PM EST (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2004, 12:45 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Richmond County, NY, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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
Jan 14, 3:45 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Butler, Cambria and 16 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Delaware, 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.