Alert archive / North Carolina / Mesoscale Discussions in 2014
Mesoscale Discussion 1396
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2014, 6:07 PM EDT for 26 counties in North Carolina; 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2014, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 33 counties
Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Marlboro County, SC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Franklin and 19 more | 97 min |
| Jul 15, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck, Gates and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Currituck, Gates and 5 more | 94 min |
| Jul 15, 12:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort and 21 more | 90 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
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.