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Mesoscale Discussion 86

February 21, 201529 counties in Virginia; 13 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 21, 2015, 10:32 AM EST for 29 counties in Virginia; 13 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2015, 10:32 AM EST (15:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2015, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Fayette County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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
Feb 21, 4:20 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more	5 hr
Feb 21, 6:24 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fauquier, Loudoun	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in West 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.