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Mesoscale Discussion 424

April 11, 202428 counties in North Carolina; Cherokee County, Chester County, York County, South Carolina; 10 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2024, 6:24 PM EDT for 28 counties in North Carolina; Cherokee County, Chester County, York County, South Carolina; 10 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2024, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2024, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%
All 41 counties

Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, York County, SC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba and 24 more4 hr
Apr 11, 1:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickenson, Lee, Wise, City of Norton2 hr
Apr 11, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.