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Mesoscale Discussion 1684

July 15, 2004Houston County, Alabama; 18 counties in Florida; 31 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2004, 10:08 AM CDT for Houston County, Alabama; 18 counties in Florida; 31 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2004, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Houston County, AL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3672 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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
Jul 14, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 31 more59 min
Jul 15, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 11 more2 hr
Jul 15, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Jul 15, 2:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston2 hr
Jul 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva and 3 more5 hr
Jul 15, 5:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 12 more117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.