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Mesoscale Discussion 919

May 21, 20065 counties in Georgia; Henderson County, Polk County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; 30 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2006, 12:50 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; Henderson County, Polk County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; 30 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2006, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2006, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 38 counties

Banks County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Henderson County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 48 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 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 8:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 23 more	28 min
May 20, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 18 more	9 hr
May 21, 12:32 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 23 more	88 min
May 21, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens	5 hr
May 21, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more	6 hr
May 20, 9:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chatham, Columbus and 22 more	55 min
May 21, 3:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender and 4 more	66 min
May 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender and 3 more	3 hr
May 21, 5:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Richmond and 2 more	89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2006 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.