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Mesoscale Discussion 199

March 6, 200342 counties in Georgia; 20 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2003, 3:16 AM EST for 42 counties in Georgia; 20 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2003, 3:16 AM EST (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2003, 4:15 AM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 5, 8:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more63 min
Mar 5, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 40 more4 hr
Mar 5, 10:28 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Butts, Clayton, Crawford, DeKalb, Fayette and 19 more62 min
Mar 5, 10:49 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield116 min
Mar 5, 10:52 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins and 7 more53 min
Mar 5, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 36 more5 hr
Mar 6, 12:45 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 4 more60 min
Mar 6, 4:30 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTroup90 min
Mar 6, 6:39 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Harris, Lee, Macon and 12 more96 min
Mar 6, 8:37 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 32 more83 min
Mar 6, 12:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden and 15 more2 hr
Mar 6, 2:34 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDillon, Horry, Marion86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.