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Mesoscale Discussion 244

February 28, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 28, 2005, 8:16 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2005, 8:16 AM EST (13:16 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2005, 12:15 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 125 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Alleghany County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Somerset County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, 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, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Craig County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Giles County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Henry County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Russell County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Warren County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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, 1:22 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford and 5 more	5 hr
Feb 27, 7:46 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 17 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 2:19 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell and 9 more	4 hr
Feb 28, 12:30 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 2 more	5 hr
Feb 28, 5:10 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 18 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.