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Mesoscale Discussion 1576

July 2, 200329 counties in North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2003, 7:52 AM EDT for 29 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2003, 7:52 AM EDT (11:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2003, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 618Jul 2, 8:15 AM EDT

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
Jul 2, 2:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 10 more	7 hr
Jul 2, 5:32 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 10 more	58 min
Jul 2, 8:15 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus and 18 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 10:49 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbus, Jones, Pender	116 min
Jul 2, 2:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 18 more	2 hr
Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 19 more	5 hr
Jul 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus and 27 more	53 min
Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 31 more	5 hr

Nearby

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.