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Mesoscale Discussion 479

April 25, 200428 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2004, 6:16 PM EDT for 28 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2004, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2004, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, 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, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 11:42 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 19 more	2 hr
Apr 25, 6:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke	84 min

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.