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Mesoscale Discussion 102
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2004, 6:30 PM EST for 12 counties in Florida; 50 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2004, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2004, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties
Columbia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 8:32 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 118 min |
| Feb 6, 1:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Haralson | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004
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.