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Mesoscale Discussion 1218
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2016, 7:36 PM EDT for 14 counties in Georgia; Clay County, North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2016, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 23 counties
Banks County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hart County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA, Clay County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell and 12 more | 88 min |
| Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 49 more | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Avery, Caldwell, Davie, Iredell, Watauga and 2 more | 57 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.