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Mesoscale Discussion 759

May 8, 20094 counties in Georgia; 22 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2009, 11:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia; 22 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2009, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 26 counties

Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 269May 8, 2:05 PM EDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 6:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Rabun, Towns, Union	87 min
May 8, 6:32 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens	7 hr
May 8, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 22 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.