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Mesoscale Discussion 78
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 18, 2007, 1:22 AM EST for 20 counties in Georgia; 40 counties in North Carolina; 28 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2007, 1:22 AM EST (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2007, 7:15 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties
Banks County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Clay County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick 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, York County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 7:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham and 41 more | 4 hr |
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.