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Mesoscale Discussion 1894

October 14, 201413 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 14, 2014, 2:58 PM EDT for 13 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2014, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 21 counties

Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2014-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 871 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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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
Oct 13, 9:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee and 29 more2 hr
Oct 13, 11:44 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Calhoun, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga and 32 more6 hr
Oct 14, 3:07 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Bartow, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 54 more83 min
Oct 14, 4:06 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 59 more6 hr
Oct 14, 4:27 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more8 hr
Oct 14, 6:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBulloch, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel and 9 more83 min
Oct 14, 6:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBulloch, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Effingham, Elbert and 27 more7 hr
Oct 14, 7:23 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDade2 hr
Oct 14, 8:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook and 12 more85 min
Oct 14, 11:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes and 2 more114 min
Oct 14, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 20 more7 hr
Oct 14, 1:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke and 45 more2 hr
Oct 14, 1:59 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts and 53 more11 hr
Oct 14, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more6 hr
Oct 14, 6:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Hancock and 9 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.