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Mesoscale Discussion 654

May 16, 20135 counties in Maryland; 21 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2013, 12:04 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maryland; 21 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2013, 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 26 counties

Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 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
May 16, 1:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Mary's, Somerset	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.