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Mesoscale Discussion 232
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 12, 2026, 9:52 AM EDT for 28 counties in North Carolina; 26 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2026, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 50
All 54 counties
Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Moore County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 16 more | 118 min |
| Mar 12, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edgefield, McCormick | 85 min |
| Mar 12, 7:14 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 13 more | 85 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.