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Mesoscale Discussion 164

February 27, 200333 counties in North Carolina; Carter County, Johnson County, Tennessee; 10 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 27, 2003, 5:04 AM EST for 33 counties in North Carolina; Carter County, Johnson County, Tennessee; 10 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 27, 2003, 5:04 AM EST (10:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2003, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 45 counties

Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Carroll County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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
Feb 27, 9:51 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 39 more	6 hr
Feb 27, 3:19 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arlington	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.