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Mesoscale Discussion 1386

June 14, 200329 counties in Georgia; 12 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2003, 2:29 PM EDT for 29 counties in Georgia; 12 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2003, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Appling County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2003-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 820 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2003-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
820 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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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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.