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Mesoscale Discussion 1713

July 18, 202528 counties in North Carolina; 33 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 18, 2025, 7:09 PM EDT for 28 counties in North Carolina; 33 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2025, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2025, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 61 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City 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 Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
Jul 18, 1:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell and 28 more	115 min
Jul 18, 1:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lee	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.