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Mesoscale Discussion 2397

September 22, 200323 counties in North Carolina; 15 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 22, 2003, 6:57 PM EDT for 23 counties in North Carolina; 15 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2003, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Union County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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
Sep 22, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood and 8 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.