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Mesoscale Discussion 1932

July 27, 20088 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 27, 2008, 11:03 AM EDT for 8 states. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2008, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 142 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Washington County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland 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, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx 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, Rensselaer County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Wayne County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, 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, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Highland County, VA, King George 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, Westmoreland County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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.

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 27, 12:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Capitol Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and 1 more	7 hr
Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		2 hr
Jul 27, 11:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	8 hr
Jul 27, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	7 hr
Jul 27, 11:42 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albany, Clinton, Essex, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer and 5 more	2 hr
Jul 27, 1:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 55 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 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.