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Mesoscale Discussion 595

April 26, 200320 counties in Florida; 6 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 26, 2003, 10:53 AM EDT for 20 counties in Florida; 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2003, 10:53 AM EDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2003, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Levy County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 502 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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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
Apr 25, 8:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington113 min
Apr 25, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 6 more5 hr
Apr 25, 11:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee and 4 more3 hr
Apr 26, 12:24 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Walton and 1 more96 min
Apr 26, 2:12 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 24 more63 min
Apr 25, 8:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Marion and 8 more54 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.