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Mesoscale Discussion 23

January 17, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 17, 2004, 8:40 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2004, 8:40 PM EST (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 2004, 2:45 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

New Castle County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Salem County, NJ, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, Fairfax County, VA, King George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.