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Mesoscale Discussion 2235

September 17, 20044 counties in Maryland; 17 counties in North Carolina; 62 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 17, 2004, 3:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; 17 counties in North Carolina; 62 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2004, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 83 counties

Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Jones County, NC, Martin County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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.

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
Sep 17, 12:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charles, Saint Mary's	117 min
Sep 17, 1:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's	7 hr
Sep 17, 3:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 1 more	117 min
Sep 17, 3:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 3 more	4 hr
Sep 17, 6:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more	116 min
Sep 17, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil and 14 more	5 hr
Sep 16, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Polk and 1 more	6 hr
Sep 16, 11:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gaston, Mecklenburg	2 hr
Sep 17, 1:51 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and 6 more	84 min
Sep 17, 9:26 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 24 more	2 hr
Sep 17, 10:10 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham and 37 more	7 hr
Sep 17, 11:03 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham and 26 more	87 min
Sep 17, 1:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 29 more	113 min
Sep 17, 4:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Franklin and 6 more	59 min
Sep 17, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more	3 hr
Sep 17, 7:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Nash and 4 more	37 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.