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Mesoscale Discussion 555
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2004, 12:33 PM EDT for 29 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 27 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2004, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2004, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties
Baldwin County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Anson County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Union County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty and 14 more | 113 min |
| May 2, 11:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Camden, Glynn, McIntosh | 2 hr |
| May 2, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 45 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Screven | 2 hr |
| May 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long | 5 hr |
| May 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gates | 5 hr |
| May 2, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven and 24 more | 67 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.