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Mesoscale Discussion 504

April 15, 200735 counties in North Carolina; Chester County, Lancaster County, York County, South Carolina; 4 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 15, 2007, 12:19 PM EDT for 35 counties in North Carolina; Chester County, Lancaster County, York County, South Carolina; 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2007, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2007, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Chester County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, York County, SC, City of Danville, VA, Halifax County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2007-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Apr 14, 10:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnson, Union95 min
Apr 15, 2:01 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson7 hr
Apr 15, 3:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 21 more87 min
Apr 15, 7:39 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Craven and 26 more66 min
Apr 15, 8:08 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 29 more7 hr
Apr 15, 11:15 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 37 more2 hr
Apr 15, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Anson, Bertie, Burke, Cabarrus and 44 more7 hr
Apr 15, 2:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 19 more65 min
Apr 15, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Duplin and 14 more5 hr
Apr 15, 4:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chatham and 41 more2 hr
Apr 15, 3:57 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 12 more93 min
Apr 15, 10:20 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJasper55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.