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Mesoscale Discussion 107

March 1, 201516 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2015, 3:26 AM EST for 16 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2015, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2015, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 21 counties

Alamance County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, Halifax County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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
Mar 1, 8:43 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caswell, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 2 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.