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Mesoscale Discussion 1283

June 18, 201161 counties in Georgia; 27 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2011, 6:49 PM EDT for 61 counties in Georgia; 27 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2011, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Candler County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Screven County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jun 18, 9:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 22 more97 min
Jun 18, 11:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 20 more9 hr
Jun 18, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dawson and 20 more84 min
Jun 18, 3:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarrow, Carroll, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia and 25 more35 min
Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Burke, Butts, Carroll, Clarke and 51 more6 hr
Jun 18, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more5 hr
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Greenwood, Kershaw and 8 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.