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Mesoscale Discussion 95

January 14, 200540 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2005, 2:26 AM EST for 40 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2005, 2:26 AM EST (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
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
Jan 13, 7:48 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 9 more87 min
Jan 13, 9:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie and 8 more94 min
Jan 13, 10:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Caswell and 27 more62 min
Jan 13, 11:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 29 more5 hr
Jan 14, 3:56 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBladen, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham and 24 more64 min
Jan 14, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates and 12 more6 hr
Jan 14, 7:05 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe and 11 more85 min
Jan 14, 10:23 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraven67 min

Nearby

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