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Mesoscale Discussion 276
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 15, 2018, 11:19 PM EDT for 33 counties in North Carolina; 43 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2018, 11:19 PM EDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2018, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven 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, Johnston 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, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 29 more | 89 min |
| Apr 15, 9:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Edgecombe and 14 more | 83 min |
| Apr 15, 9:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Duplin and 17 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2018Every 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.