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Mesoscale Discussion 1685

August 15, 202222 counties in Georgia; Columbus County, North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 15, 2022, 7:49 PM EDT for 22 counties in Georgia; Columbus County, North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2022, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2022, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe thunderstorm watch 519

All 49 counties

Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Columbus County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and 5 more	58 min
Aug 15, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Cumberland, Gaston and 11 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2022 Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.