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Mesoscale Discussion 620

April 29, 20265 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 96 counties

Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Surry County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Highland County, VA, Lee County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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
Apr 28, 8:15 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian and 10 more	2 hr
Apr 28, 8:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
Apr 28, 10:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Shelby	2 hr
Apr 28, 10:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby	4 hr
Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hancock, Harrison and 14 more	117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2026 Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.