En route MD80 declared emergency when ATC refused WX deviation.

Attributes
ACN	585362
Time
Date	200303
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : fjc.vortac
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	585362
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : wx radar other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Location: south of allentown VOR, fjc, en route deviating south off course to avoid WX -- air traffic controller assigned us a northeast heading that would direct us into the WX, captain declared an emergency at approximately XA35. Continued straight ahead until clear of the WX and able to turn north -- cancelled emergency at approximately XA50.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENRTE MD80 DECLARED EMER WHEN ATC REFUSED WX DEV.

Narrative: LOCATION: S OF ALLENTOWN VOR, FJC, ENRTE DEVIATING S OFF COURSE TO AVOID WX -- AIR TFC CTLR ASSIGNED US A NE HEADING THAT WOULD DIRECT US INTO THE WX, CAPT DECLARED AN EMER AT APPROX XA35. CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD UNTIL CLR OF THE WX AND ABLE TO TURN N -- CANCELLED EMER AT APPROX XA50.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.