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Mesoscale Discussion 1732

July 8, 200813 counties in Ohio; 14 counties in Pennsylvania; 8 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2008, 5:56 PM EDT for 13 counties in Ohio; 14 counties in Pennsylvania; 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2008, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 35 counties

Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 671Jul 8, 6:05 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
Jul 8, 12:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Erie and 21 more	85 min
Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia and 9 more	56 min
Jul 8, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Defiance and 30 more	6 hr
Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 35 more	62 min
Jul 8, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.