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Mesoscale Discussion 213

February 12, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 12, 2008, 4:15 PM EST for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2008, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2008, 10:15 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 80 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, 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, Washington County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, 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, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Loudoun 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, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 12, 1:06 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more	6 hr
Feb 12, 7:54 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Washington	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.