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Mesoscale Discussion 1237
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2017, 5:46 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2017, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 5%
All 121 counties
Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
661
ACUS11 KWNS 052247
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 052246
NCZ000-SCZ000-GAZ000-ALZ000-060015-
Mesoscale Discussion 1237
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0546 PM CDT Wed Jul 05 2017
Areas affected...Portions of the Southeast
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 052246Z - 060015Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will continue to pose a threat of
strong, gusty winds capable of localized damage through mid evening.
However, they should lack sufficient organization to require a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
DISCUSSION...Scattered strong to marginally severe storms are
evolving eastward across the Southeast early this evening, aided by
propagation along cold pools and enhanced by any mergers of outflow.
A well-mixed (i.e., steep low-level lapse rates) and moist boundary
layer will continue to offer a localized damaging wind potential
with stronger downdrafts. Forecast soundings also suggest drier
mid-level air over parts of the region may enhance cold-pool
generation and the resultant wind threat briefly this evening.
However, modest/weak tropospheric flow will likely keep storms
rather disorganized, with movement driven by a combination of weak
westerly mid-level winds and propagation along localized corridors
of greater instability. Therefore, watch issuance is not
anticipated. Storms should gradually weaken later this evening, as
surface-based buoyancy wanes and inhibition increases.
..Picca/Thompson.. 07/05/2017
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...GSP...FFC...BMX...
LAT...LON 33348668 34118480 35338154 35418019 35367919 34827849
34127844 33837908 33797925 32648274 32448409 32818605
33348668Nearby
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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.