Alert archive / South Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 254
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 5, 2005, 11:48 AM EST for 5 counties in Georgia; 23 counties in North Carolina; 33 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2005, 11:48 AM EST (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2005, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Pender County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry 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, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 29 more | 94 min |
| Mar 5, 4:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 29 more | 59 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.