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Mesoscale Discussion 1232

June 4, 200314 counties in North Carolina; 29 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2003, 1:37 PM EDT for 14 counties in North Carolina; 29 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2003, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 43 counties

Alamance County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:18 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson and 27 more	87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.