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Mesoscale Discussion 1285

June 28, 20136 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2013, 1:02 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2013, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 161 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Monroe County, MI, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Adams County, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Chester County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, York County, PA, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 28, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington	7 hr
Jun 28, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 14 more	7 hr
Jun 28, 3:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 14 more	2 hr
Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Prince George's and 5 more	58 min
Jun 28, 7:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington	64 min
Jun 28, 1:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Branch, Saint Joseph	54 min
Jun 28, 1:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland and 13 more	89 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 56 more	7 hr
Jun 28, 4:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 57 more	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.