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Mesoscale Discussion 289

April 6, 202014 counties in North Carolina; 44 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2020, 1:59 PM EDT for 14 counties in North Carolina; 44 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2020, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2020, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 58 counties

Alamance County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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.