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Mesoscale Discussion 2536

November 19, 20036 counties in Florida; 37 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 19, 2003, 2:43 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida; 37 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2003, 2:43 AM EST (07:43 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2003, 4:15 AM EST
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 00:00Z on 2003-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2003-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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
Nov 18, 7:45 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 3 more60 min
Nov 18, 7:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 3 more59 min
Nov 18, 9:10 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more95 min
Nov 18, 10:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more6 hr
Nov 19, 12:22 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more83 min
Nov 19, 4:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 12 more6 hr
Nov 19, 6:11 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCitrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy and 9 more3 hr
Nov 19, 8:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCharlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 9 more6 hr
Nov 19, 1:18 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke and 42 more57 min
Nov 19, 2:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts and 37 more6 hr
Nov 19, 5:14 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 3 more61 min
Nov 19, 11:29 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHabersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.