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Mesoscale Discussion 1222

July 8, 20165 counties in North Carolina; 19 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2016, 9:53 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina; 19 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2016, 9:53 PM EDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 24 counties

Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 365Jul 8, 10:10 PM EDT

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	4 hr
Jul 8, 11:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 11 more	53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2016 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2016 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.