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Mesoscale Discussion 668

May 23, 201423 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2014, 11:46 AM EDT for 23 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2014, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2014, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 43 counties

Anson County, NC, 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, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 27 more	10 hr
May 23, 2:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Clay, Columbus and 21 more	93 min
May 23, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cleveland, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Rutherford and 1 more	6 hr
May 23, 4:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 10 more	91 min
May 23, 7:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Cleveland, Columbus, Henderson, New Hanover and 5 more	97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2014 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.