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Mesoscale Discussion 108

January 30, 201313 counties in Maryland; 33 counties in Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 30, 2013, 9:38 PM EST for 13 counties in Maryland; 33 counties in Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2013, 9:38 PM EST (02:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 47 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Jan 30, 9:06 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Wicomico and 1 more	54 min
Jan 30, 11:59 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	5 hr
Jan 31, 12:52 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Mary's, Somerset, Worcester	83 min
Jan 31, 1:48 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's	57 min
Jan 30, 7:09 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham and 25 more	66 min
Jan 30, 8:21 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 27 more	6 hr
Jan 30, 10:42 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 30 more	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.