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Mesoscale Discussion 241

February 27, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 27, 2005, 7:46 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 27, 2005, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2005, 1:45 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 57 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Russell County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 28, 2:19 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell and 9 more	4 hr
Feb 28, 8:16 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alleghany, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry	4 hr
Feb 28, 1:22 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke and 34 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.