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Mesoscale Discussion 1875

December 24, 20206 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 24, 2020, 2:28 PM EST for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2020, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Heavy snow

All 87 counties

Boyd County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Noble County, OH, Washington County, OH, 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, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 12:16 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett and 8 more	2 hr
Dec 24, 2:19 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 29 more	9 hr
Dec 24, 3:08 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir and 6 more	2 hr
Dec 24, 4:45 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Gates and 7 more	60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.