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Mesoscale Discussion 1193

June 4, 20084 counties in Maryland; 59 counties in Virginia; 20 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2008, 12:18 AM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; 59 counties in Virginia; 20 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2008, 12:18 AM EDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Highland County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:18 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGarrett7 hr
Jun 4, 11:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 11 more84 min
Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more7 hr
Jun 4, 2:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharles59 min
Jun 4, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCaroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and 3 more5 hr
Jun 4, 4:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharles116 min
Jun 4, 7:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Howard and 10 more62 min
Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Kent and 8 more5 hr
Jun 4, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 60 more6 hr
Jun 4, 7:23 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Augusta, Bath, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 40 more97 min
Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan96 min
Jun 3, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCabell, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie and 3 more6 hr
Jun 3, 10:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMason, Wood88 min
Jun 4, 12:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Mason, Pleasants, Wood86 min
Jun 4, 3:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Cabell, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason and 7 more6 hr
Jun 4, 7:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMason, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood2 hr
Jun 4, 12:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne and 1 more95 min
Jun 4, 3:26 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 17 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.