Alert archive / North Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 2452
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 11, 2008, 1:28 PM EST for 51 counties in North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2008, 1:28 PM EST (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties
Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chester 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, Horry 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, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 10:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick and 56 more | 119 min |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Chatham, Columbus and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Dare and 10 more | 30 min |
| Dec 11, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Currituck | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Camden and 49 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 11, 8:24 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper | 66 min |
| Dec 11, 10:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee and 1 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.