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Mesoscale Discussion 1512

October 2, 2018Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; 11 counties in New Jersey; 9 counties in New York

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 2, 2018, 3:10 PM EDT for Hampden County, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; 11 counties in New Jersey; 9 counties in New York. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 2018, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2018, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 22 counties

Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Kings County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 394Oct 2, 4:55 PM EDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region	7 hr
Oct 2, 7:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC		81 min
Oct 2, 4:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Warren	2 hr
Oct 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Sullivan	8 hr
Oct 2, 4:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Ontario and 5 more	115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Jersey, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Connecticut, 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.