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Mesoscale Discussion 666
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2020, 12:43 PM EDT for 6 counties in Georgia; 24 counties in North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2020, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 56 counties
Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Anson County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Wake County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon 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, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee 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 Greer radar (KGSP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hall and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 11 more | 86 min |
| May 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus, Cumberland and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Greene, Harnett and 14 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020
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.