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Mesoscale Discussion 2255

October 20, 202311 counties in Georgia; 10 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 20, 2023, 2:45 PM EDT for 11 counties in Georgia; 10 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 20, 2023, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 41 counties

Columbia County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hart County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Cabarrus County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 20, 1:51 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 26 more	114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2023 Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

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.