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Mesoscale Discussion 18

January 12, 20194 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2019, 10:15 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2019, 10:15 PM EST (03:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2019, 3:15 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 54 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Person County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Johnson County, TN, Amelia County, VA, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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
Jan 13, 3:54 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 15 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2019 Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.