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Mesoscale Discussion 536

May 4, 201944 counties in North Carolina; 30 counties in South Carolina; 14 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 4, 2019, 5:51 PM EDT for 44 counties in North Carolina; 30 counties in South Carolina; 14 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2019, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 88 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC, Brunswick County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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
May 4, 10:41 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 2 more	94 min
May 4, 12:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buncombe, Clay, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson and 5 more	85 min
May 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester	61 min

Nearby

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