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Mesoscale Discussion 942

June 8, 2015Warren County, New Jersey; 31 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2015, 3:20 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; 31 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2015, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Warren County, NJ, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Chester County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 278Jun 8, 4:10 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 8, 4:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jun 8, 1:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Cameron and 31 more	119 min
Jun 8, 1:39 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia and 19 more	5 hr
Jun 8, 2:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe and 6 more	92 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and 6 more	59 min
Jun 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 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.