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Mesoscale Discussion 295

April 8, 201929 counties in North Carolina; 36 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2019, 5:23 PM EDT for 29 counties in North Carolina; 36 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2019, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 65 counties

Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City 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 Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 46Apr 8, 5:45 PM EDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 12:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 7 more	119 min
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, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe and 15 more	4 hr

Nearby

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