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Mesoscale Discussion 1707

August 13, 201342 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 13, 2013, 2:09 PM EDT for 42 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2013, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 46 counties

Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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
Aug 13, 4:13 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allendale, Barnwell, Hampton, Jasper	92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.