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Mesoscale Discussion 313

March 31, 2026Berkshire County, Massachusetts; 10 counties in New York

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2026, 6:52 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; 10 counties in New York. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2026, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2026, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Greene County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 1:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Cortland and 10 more2 hr
Mar 31, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 23 more7 hr
Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 17 more115 min
Mar 31, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.