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Mesoscale Discussion 378

March 8, 200826 counties in North Carolina; City of Chesapeake, Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 8, 2008, 5:47 AM EST for 26 counties in North Carolina; City of Chesapeake, Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2008, 5:47 AM EST (10:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2008, 7:45 AM EST
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 108Mar 8, 6:15 AM EST

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 8, 6:12 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 30 more	6 hr
Mar 8, 11:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Camden, Currituck, Dare	60 min
Mar 8, 12:44 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 30 more	61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.