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Mesoscale Discussion 74

February 16, 201518 counties in Kentucky; 103 counties in Virginia; 23 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2015, 4:30 PM EST for 18 counties in Kentucky; 103 counties in Virginia; 23 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2015, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2015, 10:30 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 144 counties

Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Craig County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, Highland County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA, York County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 3:57 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath and 82 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 9:51 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath and 111 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 12:05 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.