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Mesoscale Discussion 200

March 18, 20049 counties in New Jersey; 28 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 18, 2004, 6:08 PM EST for 9 counties in New Jersey; 28 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2004, 6:08 PM EST (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2004, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 37 counties

Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Chester County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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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Nearby

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