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Mesoscale Discussion 1553
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 17, 2016, 1:25 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2016, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
All 63 counties
Boyd County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY, Garrett County, MD, Lawrence County, OH, Alleghany County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Giles County, VA, Highland County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Garrett, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Charles and 13 more | 64 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.