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Mesoscale Discussion 175

March 1, 2003Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama; 26 counties in Florida; 15 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2003, 9:11 AM CST for Geneva County, Houston County, Alabama; 26 counties in Florida; 15 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2003, 9:11 AM CST (15:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2003, 12:15 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Ware County, GA

The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 2:21 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Citrus, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf and 5 more3 hr
Mar 1, 12:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River and 4 more3 hr
Mar 1, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 20 more5 hr
Mar 1, 3:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 20 more2 hr
Mar 1, 5:23 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.