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Mesoscale Discussion 1298
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT for 17 counties in Georgia; 41 counties in North Carolina; 36 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2011, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 94 counties
Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Clay County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 1805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Ben Hill, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 20 more | 87 min |
| Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Dade, Elbert, Fannin, Franklin, Gilmer and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 8:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Graham, Swain | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Swain | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 1:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay | 8 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.