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Mesoscale Discussion 1688

July 7, 20059 counties in Georgia; 39 counties in North Carolina; 28 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2005, 8:43 AM EDT for 9 counties in Georgia; 39 counties in North Carolina; 28 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2005, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2005, 9:15 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 76 counties

Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell 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, Gaston County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Henderson 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, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Wilkes 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, 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, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 618Jul 7, 9:00 AM EDT

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
Jul 6, 10:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb and 30 more	2 hr
Jul 7, 1:47 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 65 more	28 min
Jul 7, 3:10 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 7 more	6 hr
Jul 7, 5:44 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 7 more	91 min
Jul 7, 9:00 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alamance, Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Caswell and 27 more	7 hr
Jul 7, 12:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Cleveland and 15 more	117 min
Jul 7, 1:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Chowan, Dare, Edgecombe, Halifax, Hertford and 8 more	88 min
Jul 7, 2:05 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe and 14 more	8 hr
Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie and 17 more	6 hr
Jul 7, 4:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Halifax, Northampton	118 min
Jul 7, 6:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chatham, Chowan, Currituck, Dare and 20 more	59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.