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Mesoscale Discussion 143

February 3, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 3, 2005, 1:03 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2005, 1:03 AM EST (06:03 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2005, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 43 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 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
Feb 2, 8:27 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood and 9 more	5 hr
Feb 3, 7:54 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 27 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.