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Mesoscale Discussion 1333

July 24, 20208 counties in North Carolina; 16 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2020, 6:09 PM EDT for 8 counties in North Carolina; 16 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2020, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2020, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 31 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Graham County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Swain County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Blount County, TN, Carter 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, Monroe County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Grayson County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Washington County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 1:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Graham, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Swain and 1 more	92 min
Jul 24, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 75 more	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.