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Mesoscale Discussion 270

March 7, 200515 counties in Florida; 7 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 7, 2005, 6:03 PM CST for 15 counties in Florida; 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2005, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2005, 8:00 PM CST
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson 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, Washington County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 170 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Mar 7, 7:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more2 hr
Mar 7, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 12 more7 hr
Mar 7, 10:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf and 9 more88 min
Mar 8, 1:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Hardee and 16 more2 hr
Mar 7, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 78 more7 hr
Mar 7, 10:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 54 more84 min
Mar 8, 1:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 40 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.