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Mesoscale Discussion 2316

October 16, 200412 counties in Maryland; 14 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 16, 2004, 4:17 PM EDT for 12 counties in Maryland; 14 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2004, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2004, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 26 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Talbot 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, King George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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.