Alert archive / Georgia / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 428
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 15, 2008, 9:49 PM EDT for 27 counties in Georgia; 14 counties in North Carolina; 16 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2008, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties
Bleckley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Allendale County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 15, 11:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham and 15 more | 58 min |
| Mar 15, 10:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 20 more | 57 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in North 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.