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Mesoscale Discussion 1302

June 19, 20115 counties in Georgia; 26 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2011, 6:58 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; 26 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2011, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1805 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 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

609 
ACUS11 KWNS 192258
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 192258 
NEZ000-200030-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1303
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0558 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CNTRL/SRN NEB

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 513...

VALID 192258Z - 200030Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 513
CONTINUES.

A NEW WW EAST OF WW 513 WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

NEW VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NOW APPEARS UNDERWAY WITHIN A
ZONE OF ENHANCED LOW/MID-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION DOWNSTREAM OF THE
EVOLVING CLUSTER OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND THE
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  IN THE PRESENCE OF MODERATELY STRONG
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY...A FEW SEVERE STORMS APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH
00-02Z...BEFORE UPSTREAM CLUSTER BEGINS TO ACCELERATE EASTWARD
TOWARD THE REGION.

..KERR.. 06/19/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...GLD...

LAT...LON   41830058 41729941 41439904 41099855 40329911 40280094
            40150180 40960176 41830058

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Ben Hill, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 20 more87 min
Jun 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCatoosa, Dade, Elbert, Fannin, Franklin, Gilmer and 11 more5 hr
Jun 19, 4:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Dade, Elbert, Fannin, Franklin, Gilmer and 11 more62 min
Jun 19, 1:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington and 21 more61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.