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Mesoscale Discussion 124

March 5, 20156 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 5, 2015, 7:58 AM EST for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2015, 7:58 AM EST (12:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 97 counties

New Castle County, DE, Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, 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, Washington County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Adams County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Craig County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Giles County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 11:55 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	6 hr
Mar 4, 11:00 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Garrett	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.