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Mesoscale Discussion 109

March 1, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2015, 8:43 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2015, 8:43 AM EST (13:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2015, 12:15 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 57 counties

Sussex County, DE, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Charles County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Caswell County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 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
Mar 1, 1:57 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	5 hr
Mar 1, 3:26 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Franklin and 10 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.