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Mesoscale Discussion 1204

July 8, 2021Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland; 14 counties in North Carolina; 15 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2021, 6:48 PM EDT for Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland; 14 counties in North Carolina; 15 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2021, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 350

All 32 counties

Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Northampton County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Calvert, Dorchester, Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	11 hr
Jul 8, 1:38 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	2 hr
Jul 8, 2:01 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender	7 hr
Jul 8, 7:09 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Duplin and 11 more	2 hr
Jul 8, 8:35 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 23 more	6 hr
Jul 8, 12:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 23 more	2 hr
Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 2 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2021 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2021 Mesoscale Discussions in Maryland, 2021 Every mesoscale discussion in 2021

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.