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July 28, 200829 counties in North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 28, 2008, 1:32 AM EDT for 29 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2008, 1:32 AM EDT (05:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 29 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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
Jul 28, 2:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 6 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2008 Every 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.