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Mesoscale Discussion 165

February 9, 201710 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in North Carolina; 17 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 9, 2017, 3:12 AM EST for 10 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in North Carolina; 17 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2017, 3:12 AM EST (08:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2017, 5:15 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 34 counties

Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Duplin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Marion County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2017-02-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2017-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Feb 8, 8:04 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Fannin and 8 more86 min
Feb 8, 9:55 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Fannin and 8 more65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.