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Mesoscale Discussion 1350

July 1, 201219 counties in Georgia; 20 counties in North Carolina; 42 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2012, 7:39 PM EDT for 19 counties in Georgia; 20 counties in North Carolina; 42 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2012, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties

Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5275 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
5275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Jul 1, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Richmond96 min
Jul 1, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 11 more9 hr
Jul 1, 2:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 62 more3 hr
Jul 1, 4:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 25 more90 min
Jul 1, 9:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Ashe, Forsyth, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more63 min
Jul 1, 9:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more5 hr
Jul 1, 11:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell and 12 more97 min
Jul 1, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret and 51 more7 hr
Jul 1, 2:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret, Chowan and 37 more97 min
Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Caswell and 40 more56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.