Alert archive / Maine / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 2497
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 21, 2008, 11:54 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2008, 11:54 AM EST (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties
Franklin County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Aroostook County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Washington 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, Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, 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 Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Dec 21, 6:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bronx, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Essex and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:53 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Erie, Genesee, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Vermont, 2008Every 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.