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Mesoscale Discussion 376

March 31, 2022Allegany County, Garrett County, Washington County, Maryland; 36 counties in Pennsylvania; Berkeley County, Monongalia County, Morgan County, West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2022, 12:07 PM EDT for Allegany County, Garrett County, Washington County, Maryland; 36 counties in Pennsylvania; Berkeley County, Monongalia County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2022, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2022, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 42 counties

Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Washington County, MD, Adams County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, York County, PA, Berkeley County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more8 hr
Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester8 hr
Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Frederick, Washington2 hr
Mar 31, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent8 hr
Mar 31, 7:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2022Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

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.