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Mesoscale Discussion 1973

October 17, 201326 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 17, 2013, 6:36 PM EDT for 26 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2013, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 26 counties

Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre 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, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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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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.