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Mesoscale Discussion 527

April 21, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2003, 2:15 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2003, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 75 counties

Letcher County, KY, Pike County, KY, Ashe County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Highland County, VA, Lee County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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
Apr 20, 8:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 26 more	57 min
Apr 20, 9:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Edmonson and 10 more	63 min
Apr 20, 9:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio	53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.