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Mesoscale Discussion 1456

September 15, 201822 counties in North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 15, 2018, 6:15 AM EDT for 22 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2018, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2018, 7:45 AM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 376Sep 15, 7:00 AM EDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 8:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Duplin and 18 more	119 min
Sep 14, 10:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 11 more	95 min
Sep 14, 11:03 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 12 more	8 hr
Sep 15, 2:59 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 12 more	91 min
Sep 15, 6:59 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Greene and 14 more	10 hr
Sep 15, 12:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin and 9 more	119 min
Sep 15, 3:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pender	64 min
Sep 15, 4:38 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, New Hanover and 4 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.