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Mesoscale Discussion 2395

September 22, 200325 counties in Alabama; Holmes County, Okaloosa County, Walton County, Florida; 28 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 22, 2003, 9:47 AM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama; Holmes County, Okaloosa County, Walton County, Florida; 28 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2003, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2003, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 12:00Z on 2003-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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 12:00Z on 2003-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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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
Sep 22, 1:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva113 min
Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth and 10 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.