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Mesoscale Discussion 21

January 5, 200719 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 5, 2007, 4:26 PM EST for 19 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2007, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 5:00 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Appling County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 052127
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 052126 
SCZ000-GAZ000-052200-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0021
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0326 PM CST FRI JAN 05 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SC AND SERN GA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 

VALID 052126Z - 052200Z

A TORNADO WATCH IS BEING COORDINATED FOR PORTIONS OF SERN GA AND 
COASTAL PLAINS OF SC.

..IMY.. 01/05/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...ILM...CHS...CAE...JAX...FFC...

31868276 32778288 33278040 33387969 33117943 32248054
31418125

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 1:47 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Heard, Quitman28 min
Jan 5, 4:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Early, Quitman, Seminole62 min
Jan 5, 6:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill and 88 more59 min
Jan 5, 8:21 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Barrow, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 83 more8 hr
Jan 5, 10:02 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Brooks and 82 more118 min
Jan 5, 12:06 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall and 6 more
Jan 5, 12:31 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Barrow, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 56 more119 min
Jan 5, 12:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBurke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 5 more8 hr
Jan 5, 2:16 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 56 more119 min
Jan 5, 2:49 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 13 more7 hr
Jan 5, 3:04 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 3 more86 min
Jan 5, 4:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel and 11 more7 hr
Jan 5, 6:35 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Charlton, Chatham and 11 more85 min
Jan 5, 4:20 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarlboro85 min
Jan 5, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.