Alert archive / South Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 2184
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 7, 2004, 3:19 PM EDT for 34 counties in Georgia; 27 counties in North Carolina; 46 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2004, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties
Appling County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Polk County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion 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, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 5:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Rabun, Towns, Union | 3 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, 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 South Carolina, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.