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Mesoscale Discussion 1566

October 11, 2018Somerset County, Maryland; 34 counties in North Carolina; 63 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 11, 2018, 12:48 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maryland; 34 counties in North Carolina; 63 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 11, 2018, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 98 counties

Somerset County, MD, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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
Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	13 hr
Oct 11, 6:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	89 min
Oct 10, 11:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Union	97 min
Oct 11, 4:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Chatham, Columbus and 22 more	56 min
Oct 11, 8:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Duplin and 25 more	89 min
Oct 11, 3:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck and 18 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 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.