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Mesoscale Discussion 917

May 29, 201762 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in North Carolina; 30 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2017, 4:59 PM EDT for 62 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in North Carolina; 30 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2017, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 98 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Cherokee 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, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie 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, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Cabarrus County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg 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, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington 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), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 53 more3 hr
May 29, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 66 more7 hr
May 29, 7:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts and 52 more60 min
May 28, 8:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.