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Mesoscale Discussion 403

April 25, 2014Charles County, Saint Mary's County, Somerset County, Maryland; 31 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT for Charles County, Saint Mary's County, Somerset County, Maryland; 31 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2014, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 34 counties

Charles County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Albemarle County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Orange County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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 25, 12:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Charles City, Charlotte and 35 more	2 hr
Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 37 more	10 hr
Apr 25, 3:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax and 21 more	83 min
Apr 25, 4:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 31 more	90 min
Apr 25, 7:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, Henrico and 25 more	61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.