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Mesoscale Discussion 1655

August 31, 202033 counties in North Carolina; 11 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 31, 2020, 3:54 PM EDT for 33 counties in North Carolina; 11 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2020, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2020, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 44 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee 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, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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
Aug 31, 5:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Granville, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Person and 2 more	88 min

Nearby

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