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Mesoscale Discussion 1807

July 13, 200322 counties in Georgia; 24 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2003, 12:50 PM EDT for 22 counties in Georgia; 24 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2003, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2003, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson 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, Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2003-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1391 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2003-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1391 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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
Jul 13, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield5 hr
Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more94 min
Jul 13, 1:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay and 12 more119 min
Jul 13, 6:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBladen, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir and 4 more66 min

Nearby

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