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Mesoscale Discussion 1438

September 9, 20185 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 9, 2018, 1:34 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2018, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 49 counties

Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Claiborne County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 6:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 12 more	2 hr
Sep 9, 1:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Northampton, York and 7 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.