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Mesoscale Discussion 258

March 2, 2007Somerset County, Maryland; 29 counties in North Carolina; 24 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 2, 2007, 8:25 AM EST for Somerset County, Maryland; 29 counties in North Carolina; 24 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2007, 8:25 AM EST (13:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 54 counties

Somerset County, MD, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 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
Mar 1, 7:59 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Union	91 min
Mar 1, 8:27 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	9 hr
Mar 1, 11:44 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell and 40 more	91 min
Mar 2, 12:28 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus and 31 more	8 hr
Mar 2, 1:45 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more	90 min
Mar 2, 2:45 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 10 more	7 hr
Mar 2, 3:37 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck, Durham and 16 more	83 min
Mar 2, 4:13 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Chatham, Columbus and 26 more	62 min
Mar 2, 5:10 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2007 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2007 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2007 Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.