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Mesoscale Discussion 903

May 18, 200519 counties in North Carolina; 46 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 18, 2005, 2:29 PM EDT for 19 counties in North Carolina; 46 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2005, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 65 counties

Alamance County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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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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.