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Mesoscale Discussion 1136

June 23, 20155 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2015, 1:45 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2015, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 76 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Cumberland County, NJ, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 346Jun 23, 4:05 PM EDT

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 23, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	7 hr
Jun 23, 5:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	88 min
Jun 23, 7:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	94 min
Jun 23, 10:28 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Garrett	2 hr
Jun 23, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Garrett	7 hr
Jun 23, 3:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Garrett	95 min
Jun 23, 8:57 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sussex	63 min
Jun 23, 10:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union	6 hr
Jun 23, 10:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 7 more	7 hr
Jun 23, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Delaware, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.