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Mesoscale Discussion 5

January 7, 2020Allegany County, Garrett County, Maryland; 22 counties in Virginia; 28 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 7, 2020, 8:49 AM EST for Allegany County, Garrett County, Maryland; 22 counties in Virginia; 28 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2020, 8:49 AM EST (13:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2020, 1:15 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 52 counties

Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Alleghany County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Craig County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Giles County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Page County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Lewis County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 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
Jan 7, 12:29 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Washington and 1 more	2 hr

Nearby

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