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Mesoscale Discussion 118

March 13, 20185 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 13, 2018, 7:08 AM EDT for 5 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2018, 7:08 AM EDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2018, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 1:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Rhode Island, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.