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Mesoscale Discussion 1676

July 6, 200514 counties in Alabama; Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; 30 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 6, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT for 14 counties in Alabama; Holmes County, Jackson County, Florida; 30 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Pike County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 5, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile118 min
Jul 5, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Jul 6, 3:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 21 more58 min
Jul 6, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 16 more5 hr
Jul 6, 7:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 24 more57 min
Jul 6, 9:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 16 more61 min
Jul 6, 11:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee, Conecuh and 15 more87 min
Jul 6, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Elmore and 8 more6 hr
Jul 6, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 2 more4 hr
Jul 6, 6:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 8 more34 min
Jul 6, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 6 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.