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Mesoscale Discussion 1369

July 31, 202023 counties in North Carolina; 7 counties in Tennessee; 11 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 31, 2020, 7:43 PM EDT for 23 counties in North Carolina; 7 counties in Tennessee; 11 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2020, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2020, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 41 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Carroll County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Grayson County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 31, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Caswell, Granville, Guilford, Northampton, Orange and 4 more	116 min
Jul 31, 1:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 49 more	54 min

Nearby

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