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August 14, 200416 counties in North Carolina; 11 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 14, 2004, 2:05 AM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina; 11 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2004, 2:05 AM EDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2004, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 752Aug 14, 3:30 AM 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
Aug 14, 3:30 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 25 more	10 hr
Aug 14, 8:37 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 40 more	113 min
Aug 14, 11:30 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 21 more	10 hr
Aug 14, 2:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 14 more	116 min
Aug 14, 6:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Camden, Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank	92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.