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Mesoscale Discussion 678

May 6, 20227 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2022, 5:50 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Horry County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2022, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2022, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 189May 6, 6:40 PM EDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and 6 more	86 min
May 6, 1:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 30 more	6 hr
May 6, 1:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Davidson and 30 more	2 hr
May 6, 2:32 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell and 48 more	9 hr
May 6, 4:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 25 more	57 min
May 6, 5:51 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chatham and 33 more	84 min
May 6, 6:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 21 more	91 min
May 6, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	2 hr
May 6, 3:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton and 2 more	113 min
May 6, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 24 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.