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Mesoscale Discussion 2236

September 17, 200412 counties in North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 17, 2004, 4:01 PM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 17, 2004, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2004, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Pender County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 835Sep 17, 4:35 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
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, 12:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Gates and 8 more	117 min
Sep 17, 1:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 18 more	7 hr
Sep 17, 1:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 29 more	113 min
Sep 17, 3:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Edgecombe and 11 more	2 hr
Sep 17, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more	3 hr
Sep 17, 6:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 13 more	116 min
Sep 17, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more	5 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 North 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.