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Mesoscale Discussion 1803

November 15, 202026 counties in New York

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 15, 2020, 6:27 PM EST for 26 counties in New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2020, 6:27 PM EST (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2020, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 26 counties

Albany County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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
Nov 15, 1:16 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming	89 min
Nov 15, 1:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 9 more	4 hr
Nov 15, 3:33 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albany, Bronx, Broome, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 13 more	2 hr
Nov 15, 4:20 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison and 7 more	85 min
Nov 15, 6:52 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kings, New York, Richmond	113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 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.