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Mesoscale Discussion 71

February 16, 20155 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2015, 12:05 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2015, 12:05 PM EST (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 40 counties

Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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
Feb 16, 4:50 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Cabarrus, Camden, Caswell and 47 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 3:57 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 53 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 10:09 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell and 64 more	5 hr
Feb 16, 3:53 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Coffee and 31 more	3 hr
Feb 16, 9:51 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Buchanan, Craig, Dickenson and 6 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 4:30 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 97 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.