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Mesoscale Discussion 641

May 4, 20227 counties in North Carolina; 49 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 4, 2022, 1:56 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina; 49 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2022, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 56 counties

Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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
May 4, 4:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 21 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2022 Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

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.