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Mesoscale Discussion 2564

December 14, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 14, 2005, 10:44 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2005, 10:44 PM EST (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2005, 4:45 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 97 counties

Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC, Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, 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, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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
Dec 15, 6:56 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more	7 hr
Dec 15, 7:26 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth and 19 more	6 hr
Dec 15, 8:37 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole, Thomas	53 min
Dec 15, 12:05 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooks, Clinch, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Lowndes and 2 more	55 min
Dec 15, 1:19 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooks, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Thomas	56 min
Dec 15, 1:43 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes	5 hr

Nearby

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