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Mesoscale Discussion 1389

August 4, 202031 counties in North Carolina; 37 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 4, 2020, 12:02 AM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina; 37 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2020, 12:02 AM EDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 414

All 68 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell 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 Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville 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, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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 watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 415Aug 4, 2:25 AM 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
Aug 3, 8:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 26 more	117 min
Aug 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 24 more	9 hr
Aug 4, 2:43 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Camden	92 min
Aug 4, 1:41 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Accomack, Arlington, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico and 20 more	3 hr
Aug 4, 2:26 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Greensville, James City and 16 more	9 hr
Aug 4, 5:15 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Lancaster and 10 more	3 hr

Nearby

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