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Mesoscale Discussion 132

February 26, 2020Saint Mary's County, Maryland; 46 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 26, 2020, 8:44 PM EST for Saint Mary's County, Maryland; 46 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2020, 8:44 PM EST (01:44 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2020, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 47 counties

Saint Mary's County, MD, Accomack 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 Colonial Heights, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.