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Mesoscale Discussion 214

March 14, 201648 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina; Henry County, City of Danville, Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 14, 2016, 6:25 PM EDT for 48 counties in North Carolina; 5 counties in South Carolina; Henry County, City of Danville, Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2016, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 55 counties

Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Union County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, York County, SC, City of Danville, VA, Henry County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 8:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Bertie, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 14 more92 min
Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 19 more97 min
Mar 14, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus and 41 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.