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Mesoscale Discussion 2532
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 18, 2003, 6:46 PM CST for 17 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 23 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2003, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2003, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Coffee 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, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Harris County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Pike County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 6:45 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 11 more | 60 min |
| Nov 18, 8:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Dale, Elmore and 8 more | 95 min |
| Nov 18, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henry, Houston, Russell | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 11:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston, Russell | 83 min |
| Nov 19, 1:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 92 min |
| Nov 19, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 5:11 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 7:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 12:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke and 42 more | 57 min |
| Nov 19, 1:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 3 more | 61 min |
| Nov 19, 10:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union | 61 min |
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.