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Mesoscale Discussion 1399

June 23, 200433 counties in North Carolina; Marlboro County, South Carolina; City of Chesapeake, Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT for 33 counties in North Carolina; Marlboro County, South Carolina; City of Chesapeake, Virginia. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Marlboro County, SC, City of Chesapeake, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2004-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 405 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2004-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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
Jun 23, 12:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 57 more2 hr
Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlamance, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan and 20 more7 hr
Jun 23, 4:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden and 51 more87 min
Jun 23, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnson, Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Dare and 19 more5 hr
Jun 23, 5:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Jasper93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.