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Mesoscale Discussion 905

May 31, 20094 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2009, 2:54 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2009, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 61 counties

Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Person County, NC, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Russell County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 30, 9:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 55 more	67 min
May 30, 11:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 79 more	23 min
May 31, 2:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 33 more	117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.