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Mesoscale Discussion 656

May 16, 2013Saint Mary's County, Somerset County, Maryland; 27 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2013, 1:57 PM EDT for Saint Mary's County, Somerset County, Maryland; 27 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2013, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2013, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 29 counties

Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Albemarle County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 12:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset	56 min

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.