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Mesoscale Discussion 51

January 27, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 27, 2004, 7:27 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 2004, 7:27 AM EST (12:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2004, 11:30 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 66 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, 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 Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, 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, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Henry County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 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 27, 10:01 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Madison, Page and 4 more	4 hr
Jan 27, 7:40 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	4 hr

Nearby

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