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Mesoscale Discussion 126

February 8, 20136 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 8, 2013, 8:37 PM EST for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 8, 2013, 8:37 PM EST (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2013, 2:30 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 41 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, Penobscot County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, Washington County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Columbia County, NY, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 4:07 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		4 hr
Feb 9, 8:54 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more	4 hr
Feb 8, 7:51 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albany, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Fulton, Hamilton and 10 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.