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Mesoscale Discussion 2315

October 15, 20046 counties in Maryland; 15 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 15, 2004, 3:56 PM EDT for 6 counties in Maryland; 15 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 15, 2004, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 15, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 21 counties

Carroll County, MD, Charles County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Orange County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 Virginia, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.