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Mesoscale Discussion 2073

October 4, 20069 counties in Ohio; 18 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 4, 2006, 1:54 PM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio; 18 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2006, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 31 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 813Oct 4, 4:25 PM EDT

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
Oct 4, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Clinton, Delaware and 25 more	6 hr
Oct 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Butler, Clermont, Darke, Greene, Hamilton, Miami and 3 more	4 hr
Oct 4, 7:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia and 14 more	86 min
Oct 4, 7:03 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Erie, Warren	87 min
Oct 4, 5:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe and 3 more	95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2006 Every 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.