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Mesoscale Discussion 102

February 13, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 13, 2014, 1:43 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2014, 1:43 PM EST (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2014, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 137 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Charles County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Craig County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Wythe County, VA, York County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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
Feb 13, 12:17 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick and 7 more	5 hr
Feb 13, 8:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery and 2 more	5 hr
Feb 12, 7:40 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin and 18 more	6 hr
Feb 13, 8:51 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson and 15 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.