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Mesoscale Discussion 288

April 8, 20194 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2019, 12:01 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2019, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 43 counties

Harlan County, KY, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Blount County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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
Apr 8, 1:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus and 28 more	86 min
Apr 8, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 32 more	7 hr
Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie and 16 more	83 min
Apr 8, 5:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham, Edgecombe and 23 more	97 min
Apr 8, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe and 15 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.