Alert archive / North Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2098
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2003, 6:01 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2003, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 119 counties
Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hart County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, King William County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dawson and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond | 115 min |
| Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 30 more | 116 min |
| Aug 5, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 17 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.