Alert archive / South Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 614
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2006, 8:28 AM EDT for 15 counties in North Carolina; 18 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2006, 8:28 AM EDT (12:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Union County, NC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Franklin and 17 more | 115 min |
| Apr 22, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 52 more | 83 min |
| Apr 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland and 24 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006
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.