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Mesoscale Discussion 111

February 15, 200460 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 15, 2004, 5:52 PM EST for 60 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2004, 5:52 PM EST (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2004, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 60 counties

Amelia County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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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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.