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Mesoscale Discussion 1692

July 15, 20044 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Florida; 47 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2004, 2:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Florida; 47 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2004, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, 10:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston3 hr
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, 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.