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Mesoscale Discussion 727

April 30, 200521 counties in North Carolina; 39 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2005, 1:17 PM EDT for 21 counties in North Carolina; 39 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2005, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2005, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 60 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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
Apr 29, 10:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Graham	97 min
Apr 30, 2:08 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Graham	67 min
Apr 30, 9:19 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 43 more	26 min
Apr 30, 9:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham and 29 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 11:25 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Bladen, Chatham, Columbus and 29 more	2 hr
Apr 30, 3:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Craven and 14 more	54 min
Apr 30, 3:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Graham	95 min

Nearby

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.