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Mesoscale Discussion 2236

September 9, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 9, 2008, 8:35 AM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2008, 8:35 AM EDT (12:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2008, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 93 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, 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, 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, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester 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, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Accomack County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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
Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	6 hr
Sep 9, 11:39 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		36 min
Sep 9, 11:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		94 min
Sep 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Somerset, Worcester	6 hr
Sep 9, 1:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 50 more	64 min
Sep 9, 4:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 36 more	86 min

Nearby

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