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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 25

February 16, 200113 counties in Georgia; 25 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 16, 2001, 8:00 PM EST for 13 counties in Georgia; 25 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2001, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2001, 12:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 331 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2001-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2001-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 352 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.