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Mesoscale Discussion 527

April 16, 200619 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 16, 2006, 4:10 PM EDT for 19 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2006, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.