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Mesoscale Discussion 256
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 2, 2007, 4:13 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2007, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 101 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pender County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper 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 Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 18 more | 94 min |
| Mar 2, 12:54 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 87 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 13 more | 84 min |
| Mar 2, 10:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Pasco and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:00 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richmond | 90 min |
| Mar 1, 7:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 91 min |
| Mar 1, 11:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Caswell and 40 more | 91 min |
| Mar 2, 12:28 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 19 more | 90 min |
| Mar 2, 2:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:37 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck, Durham and 16 more | 83 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:25 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 23 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.