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Mesoscale Discussion 1167

May 31, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2003, 1:41 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2003, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 89 counties

Bibb County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 310 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2003-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2003-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland and 16 more115 min
May 31, 12:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Edgecombe and 16 more2 hr
May 31, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Cabarrus, Camden and 57 more6 hr
May 31, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson and 1 more5 hr
May 31, 3:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Craven, Cumberland and 36 more113 min
May 31, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 29 more93 min
May 31, 5:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax and 6 more83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.