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Mesoscale Discussion 2135

September 5, 201125 counties in Georgia; 25 counties in North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 5, 2011, 5:48 PM EDT for 25 counties in Georgia; 25 counties in North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2011, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Moore County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon 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, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2011-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 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 2011-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Sep 5, 5:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Early, Quitman, Seminole94 min
Sep 5, 6:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 9 more10 hr
Sep 5, 8:24 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 42 more66 min
Sep 5, 12:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien and 85 more29 min
Sep 5, 12:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Chattooga and 46 more4 hr
Sep 5, 1:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel, Glascock and 17 more67 min
Sep 5, 3:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 75 more55 min
Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more7 hr
Sep 5, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more6 hr
Sep 5, 4:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more30 min
Sep 5, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurke, Richmond4 hr
Sep 5, 7:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 77 more113 min
Sep 5, 5:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Chatham, Durham and 13 more53 min
Sep 5, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alleghany, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and 6 more10 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North 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.