Alert archive / North Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 198
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2003, 2:34 AM EST for 25 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2003, 2:34 AM EST (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2003, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Robeson | 60 min |
| Mar 5, 10:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Dorchester and 11 more | 53 min |
| Mar 5, 11:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and 14 more | 59 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.