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Mesoscale Discussion 2489

December 19, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 19, 2008, 6:46 PM EST for 6 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2008, 6:46 PM EST (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 19, 2008, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 71 counties

Barnstable County, MA, Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 19, 12:22 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		6 hr
Dec 19, 7:22 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua and 37 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 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.