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Mesoscale Discussion 54

February 2, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 2, 2015, 5:09 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2015, 5:09 AM EST (10:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2015, 11:15 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Hancock County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Providence County, RI

The radar

The Portland,ME radar (KGYX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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
Feb 1, 9:52 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		6 hr
Feb 2, 8:48 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Oxford, Penobscot, Somerset	5 hr
Feb 2, 2:14 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox and 7 more	5 hr
Feb 2, 4:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Maine, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in New Hampshire, 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.