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Mesoscale Discussion 2264

September 26, 2004Baker County, Duval County, Nassau County, Florida; 5 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 26, 2004, 7:16 PM EDT for Baker County, Duval County, Nassau County, Florida; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2004, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2004, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baker County, FL, Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2004-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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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
Sep 25, 8:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Flagler, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River and 10 more117 min
Sep 25, 11:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 14 more7 hr
Sep 26, 2:37 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Flagler, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Marion and 6 more113 min
Sep 26, 4:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 22 more12 hr
Sep 26, 8:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 18 more114 min
Sep 26, 11:13 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 22 more2 hr
Sep 26, 3:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 22 more2 hr
Sep 26, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more9 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.