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Mesoscale Discussion 2181

September 7, 20046 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 7, 2004, 5:30 AM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2004, 5:30 AM EDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2004, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Murray County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 12:30 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham and 7 more	2 hr
Sep 7, 3:22 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Charlton, Chatham and 8 more	83 min
Sep 7, 4:00 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 15 more	10 hr
Sep 7, 7:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 15 more	116 min
Sep 7, 11:29 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Effingham and 28 more	91 min
Sep 7, 11:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 12 more	7 hr
Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 28 more	116 min
Sep 7, 6:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Columbia, Effingham, Jenkins and 4 more	53 min
Sep 7, 6:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 11 more	6 hr
Sep 7, 1:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and 3 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2004 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2004 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.