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Mesoscale Discussion 246

February 28, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 28, 2005, 1:22 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2005, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2005, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 115 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Washington County, MD, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Adams County, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Perry County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 8:16 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard and 2 more	4 hr
Feb 28, 12:30 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 2 more	5 hr
Feb 28, 5:10 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 18 more	6 hr
Feb 27, 7:46 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles and 17 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 2:19 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 58 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 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.