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Mesoscale Discussion 407

April 6, 200923 counties in North Carolina; 22 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2009, 3:37 AM EDT for 23 counties in North Carolina; 22 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2009, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 45 counties

Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Moore County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Union County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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 121Apr 6, 7:05 AM EDT

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
Apr 6, 7:07 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	6 hr
Apr 6, 8:03 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 32 more	7 hr
Apr 6, 10:33 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 36 more	57 min
Apr 6, 1:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 8 more	67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.