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Mesoscale Discussion 715

May 5, 200947 counties in North Carolina; 9 counties in South Carolina; 10 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT for 47 counties in North Carolina; 9 counties in South Carolina; 10 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 66 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Martin County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
May 4, 9:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Chowan, Columbus and 24 more	97 min
May 5, 9:43 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 6 more	92 min
May 5, 10:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, New Hanover and 4 more	8 hr
May 5, 2:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson, Sampson	87 min
May 5, 4:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pamlico, Wayne	55 min
May 5, 5:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 23 more	53 min
May 5, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus, Camden and 45 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.