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Mesoscale Discussion 392

April 20, 200425 counties in Virginia; 25 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 20, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT for 25 counties in Virginia; 25 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 50 counties

Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.