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Mesoscale Discussion 40

January 28, 2014Somerset County, Maryland; 7 counties in North Carolina; 32 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 28, 2014, 7:48 PM EST for Somerset County, Maryland; 7 counties in North Carolina; 32 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2014, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jan 28, 2014, 11:45 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 40 counties

Somerset County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Gates County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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
Jan 28, 10:43 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 12 more	6 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.