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Mesoscale Discussion 887

May 9, 200327 counties in North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2003, 6:53 PM EDT for 27 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2003, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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.

Tornado Watch 325May 9, 7:20 PM EDT

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
May 9, 3:53 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 24 more	97 min
May 9, 3:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan and 30 more	2 hr
May 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham, Edgecombe and 16 more	6 hr
May 9, 7:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde and 7 more	4 hr

Nearby

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.