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Mesoscale Discussion 2092

August 5, 200336 counties in North Carolina; 59 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2003, 12:49 PM EDT for 36 counties in North Carolina; 59 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2003, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2003, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 95 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland 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, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henry County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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.

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
Aug 4, 9:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham and 10 more	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 24 more	6 hr
Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anson, Richmond, Union	4 hr
Aug 5, 6:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 35 more	59 min
Aug 5, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 17 more	4 hr

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.