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Mesoscale Discussion 247

February 28, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 28, 2005, 5:10 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2005, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2005, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 76 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, 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, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Berks County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 12:30 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester and 13 more	5 hr
Feb 28, 8:16 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset and 1 more	4 hr
Feb 28, 1:22 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 17 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 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.