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Mesoscale Discussion 2608

December 13, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 13, 2003, 9:57 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2003, 9:57 PM EST (02:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2003, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 89 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Craig County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Warren County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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 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
Dec 14, 6:39 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Frederick	6 hr
Dec 13, 9:44 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam and 4 more	6 hr

Nearby

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