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Mesoscale Discussion 894

May 11, 200832 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2008, 4:18 PM EDT for 32 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2008, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 37 counties

Alamance County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Brunswick County, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, Greensville County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.

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
May 11, 9:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Madison and 4 more	26 min
May 11, 9:52 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood and 8 more	6 hr
May 11, 1:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 49 more	2 hr
May 11, 2:07 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell and 43 more	6 hr
May 11, 2:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashe, Watauga	57 min
May 11, 4:43 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 23 more	6 hr
May 11, 7:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 20 more	90 min
May 11, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 20 more	3 hr
May 11, 11:10 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell and 4 more	95 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.