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Mesoscale Discussion 2040

November 26, 20135 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 26, 2013, 3:39 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 26, 2013, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 26, 2013, 7:45 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 58 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Surry County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Pickens County, SC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 26, 3:43 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	2 hr
Nov 26, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	7 hr

Nearby

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