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Mesoscale Discussion 361

April 15, 201430 counties in North Carolina; 13 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 15, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT for 30 counties in North Carolina; 13 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 43 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 15, 4:43 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 21 more	2 hr
Apr 15, 10:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 7 more	116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.