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Mesoscale Discussion 178

March 12, 20145 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 12, 2014, 11:43 AM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2014, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2014, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 68 counties

Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY, Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Bedford County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Giles County, VA, Highland County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Russell County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wise County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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, 4:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 12 more	114 min
Mar 12, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more	5 hr
Mar 12, 7:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Harford and 8 more	97 min
Mar 12, 8:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Erie	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.