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Mesoscale Discussion 879

May 23, 202224 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2022, 11:20 AM EDT for 24 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2022, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2022, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 24 counties

Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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 263May 23, 3:15 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 23, 1:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro	115 min
May 23, 1:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens and 5 more	2 hr
May 23, 2:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 17 more	61 min
May 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 16 more	6 hr
May 23, 4:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Greenville and 7 more	94 min
May 23, 4:27 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens and 3 more	5 hr
May 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 15 more	2 hr
May 23, 6:00 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg and 2 more	2 hr
May 23, 7:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton and 9 more	118 min

Nearby

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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.