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Mesoscale Discussion 1705

December 9, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 9, 2018, 12:34 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2018, 12:34 PM EST (17:34 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2018, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 109 counties

Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Johnson County, TN, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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 text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 8, 10:32 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 14 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 3:08 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery and 48 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 8:18 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 51 more	5 hr
Dec 8, 10:43 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Clay, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson and 12 more	4 hr

Nearby

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