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Mesoscale Discussion 212

February 25, 20175 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 25, 2017, 4:26 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2017, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2017, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 64 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Harford County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Accomack County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 25, 12:16 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	New Castle	89 min
Feb 25, 12:24 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, Sussex	2 hr
Feb 25, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	6 hr
Feb 25, 2:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 7 more	5 hr
Feb 25, 4:44 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more	91 min
Feb 24, 8:49 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaver, Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington	116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2017 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2017 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2017 Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.