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Mesoscale Discussion 1541

July 27, 20135 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 27, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 52 counties

Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Adams County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, City of Fairfax, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 3 more	92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.