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Mesoscale Discussion 100

February 13, 201421 counties in North Carolina; Lancaster County, South Carolina; 10 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 13, 2014, 8:51 AM EST for 21 counties in North Carolina; Lancaster County, South Carolina; 10 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2014, 8:51 AM EST (13:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2014, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 32 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Union County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Lancaster County, SC, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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
Feb 12, 7:40 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin and 18 more	6 hr
Feb 13, 1:43 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Caswell and 18 more	5 hr
Feb 13, 12:17 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 24 more	5 hr
Feb 13, 8:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arlington, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.