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Mesoscale Discussion 1777

July 11, 20034 counties in Georgia; Scotland County, North Carolina; 33 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 11, 2003, 4:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia; Scotland County, North Carolina; 33 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2003, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Burke County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Scotland County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 727Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Banks, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 26 more	6 hr
Jul 10, 9:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson and 5 more	31 min
Jul 11, 12:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Chatham and 41 more	2 hr
Jul 11, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Cabarrus, Camden, Caswell and 44 more	4 hr
Jul 11, 6:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 42 more	86 min
Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Chowan and 22 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.