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Mesoscale Discussion 387

April 5, 200317 counties in North Carolina; City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2003, 12:37 PM EST for 17 counties in North Carolina; City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2003, 12:37 PM EST (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2003, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in 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.