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Mesoscale Discussion 85

February 21, 20155 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 21, 2015, 4:20 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2015, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2015, 9:15 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Breathitt 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, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Madison County, NC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 7:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Crittenden, Livingston, Union6 hr
Feb 20, 11:22 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 67 more6 hr
Feb 21, 10:32 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 23 more5 hr
Feb 21, 6:24 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFauquier, Loudoun4 hr

Nearby

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