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Mesoscale Discussion 1216

August 1, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2018, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 61 counties

Allegany County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Union County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.