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Mesoscale Discussion 270

March 16, 201342 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 16, 2013, 3:55 PM EDT for 42 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2013, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 46 counties

Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Covington, 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, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.