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Mesoscale Discussion 1789

August 28, 2013Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio; 24 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 28, 2013, 2:42 PM EDT for Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio; 24 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2013, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 35 counties

Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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
Aug 28, 6:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt and 40 more	3 hr
Aug 27, 9:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cuyahoga, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Geauga, Hancock and 13 more	61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.