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Mesoscale Discussion 935

May 20, 200516 counties in Georgia; Brunswick County, Columbus County, New Hanover County, North Carolina; 17 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 20, 2005, 4:40 PM EDT for 16 counties in Georgia; Brunswick County, Columbus County, New Hanover County, North Carolina; 17 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2005, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Marion County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2005-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHart7 hr
May 20, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 20 more8 hr
May 20, 5:18 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 26 more57 min
May 20, 5:52 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Emanuel and 18 more53 min
May 20, 8:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more93 min
May 20, 9:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb and 86 more7 hr
May 20, 1:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 11 more29 min
May 20, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 15 more7 hr
May 20, 1:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow and 94 more65 min
May 20, 2:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 14 more62 min
May 20, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 41 more8 hr
May 20, 7:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 50 more91 min
May 20, 12:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 39 more2 hr
May 20, 12:58 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 39 more2 hr
May 20, 3:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.