Alert archive / Georgia / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 90
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 13, 2005, 9:41 PM EST for 22 counties in Georgia; 14 counties in North Carolina; 17 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2005, 9:41 PM EST (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties
Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 622 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Clarke and 43 more | 87 min |
| Jan 13, 10:58 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Caswell and 27 more | 62 min |
| Jan 13, 11:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Columbus and 34 more | 94 min |
| Jan 14, 3:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham and 24 more | 64 min |
| Jan 14, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 14, 7:05 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe and 11 more | 85 min |
| Jan 14, 10:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craven | 67 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.