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Mesoscale Discussion 1494

July 27, 20145 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 27, 2014, 11:28 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2014, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2014, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 79 counties

Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Charles County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Alamance County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Cumberland County, NJ, Amelia County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry 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, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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
Jul 27, 9:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Frederick, Washington	66 min
Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Clay	5 hr
Jul 28, 12:32 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabarrus, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davidson and 17 more	88 min
Jul 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brunswick, Columbus	93 min
Jul 28, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Duplin and 6 more	6 hr
Jul 27, 9:28 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Albemarle, Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Greene, Highland and 13 more	4 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.