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Mesoscale Discussion 188

March 16, 200437 counties in Ohio; 30 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 16, 2004, 5:14 AM EST for 37 counties in Ohio; 30 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2004, 5:14 AM EST (10:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2004, 10:15 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 71 counties

Ashland County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Miami County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford 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, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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
Mar 16, 8:17 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Lehigh and 8 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.