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Mesoscale Discussion 197

March 6, 200310 counties in Georgia; Robeson County, North Carolina; 25 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2003, 12:45 AM EST for 10 counties in Georgia; Robeson County, North Carolina; 25 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2003, 12:45 AM EST (05:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2003, 1:45 AM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Robeson County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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
Mar 5, 8:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more63 min
Mar 5, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 40 more4 hr
Mar 5, 10:28 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Butts, Clayton, Crawford, DeKalb, Fayette and 19 more62 min
Mar 5, 10:49 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield116 min
Mar 5, 10:52 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins and 7 more53 min
Mar 5, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 36 more5 hr
Mar 6, 3:16 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 36 more59 min
Mar 6, 4:30 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTroup90 min
Mar 6, 6:39 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Harris, Lee, Macon and 12 more96 min
Mar 6, 8:37 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 32 more83 min
Mar 6, 12:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden and 15 more2 hr
Mar 6, 2:34 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 19 more86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.