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Mesoscale Discussion 42

January 26, 200430 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 26, 2004, 8:38 AM EST for 30 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2004, 8:38 AM EST (13:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2004, 2:45 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 11:51 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, Scotland	4 hr
Jan 26, 5:57 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buncombe, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Henderson and 5 more	5 hr
Jan 26, 4:15 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and 19 more	6 hr

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.