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Mesoscale Discussion 1844

August 20, 20067 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2006, 2:22 PM EDT for 7 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2006, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2006, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Barnstable County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Dukes County, MA, Nantucket County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Rhode Island, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.