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Mesoscale Discussion 177

March 12, 201416 counties in New York; 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 12, 2014, 8:31 AM EDT for 16 counties in New York; 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2014, 8:31 AM EDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2014, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 21 counties

Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 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
Mar 12, 12:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cayuga, Clinton, Cortland, Essex, Franklin, Fulton and 14 more	5 hr
Mar 12, 5:11 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron and 10 more	5 hr
Mar 12, 11:43 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bedford, Fayette, Greene, Somerset	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.