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Mesoscale Discussion 933

May 22, 200642 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT for 42 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2006, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Columbia County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Screven County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 2006-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 728 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 2006-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 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
728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 21, 8:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more2 hr
May 21, 10:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon and 4 more59 min
May 22, 4:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Effingham, Glascock, Greene, Hancock and 11 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.