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Mesoscale Discussion 751

May 8, 20254 counties in Georgia; 12 counties in North Carolina; 25 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2025, 10:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia; 12 counties in North Carolina; 25 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2025, 10:25 PM EDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2025, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
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, Lincoln County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wake County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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
May 9, 1:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Grady, Miller, Seminole, Thomas	94 min
May 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates and 9 more	115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.