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Mesoscale Discussion 1888

July 27, 200510 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 27, 2005, 11:55 AM EDT for 10 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2005, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2005, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 150 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Allegany County, MD, 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, Washington County, MD, Cheshire County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Washington County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, Caroline 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, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Bennington County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT, Berkeley County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

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
Jul 27, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC		7 hr
Jul 27, 3:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		2 hr
Jul 27, 5:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		93 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		30 min
Jul 27, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	8 hr
Jul 27, 3:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	115 min
Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	88 min
Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria and 17 more	58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.