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Mesoscale Discussion 343

March 4, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 4, 2008, 9:08 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2008, 9:08 AM EST (14:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 1:15 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 54 counties

Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Miami County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Union County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Bradford County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Potter County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 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
Mar 3, 8:31 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Clay, Clinton and 28 more	5 hr
Mar 4, 2:28 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko and 7 more	4 hr
Mar 4, 4:48 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Delaware, Jay and 1 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 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.