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Mesoscale Discussion 1573

August 25, 20204 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2020, 4:35 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2020, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 449...451

All 58 counties

Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Bedford County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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
Aug 25, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Garrett	6 hr
Aug 25, 3:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 11 more	95 min
Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 17 more	7 hr
Aug 25, 7:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 15 more	113 min
Aug 25, 12:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	118 min
Aug 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carbon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.