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Mesoscale Discussion 273

March 7, 200560 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 7, 2005, 11:21 PM EST for 60 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2005, 11:21 PM EST (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2005, 12:45 AM EST
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, 7:03 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more117 min
Mar 7, 8:11 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay and 38 more2 hr
Mar 7, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 78 more7 hr
Mar 7, 9:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrooks, Clinch, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Lanier and 3 more7 hr
Mar 7, 11:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Clinch, Echols, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes and 1 more88 min
Mar 8, 2:58 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 40 more62 min

Nearby

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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.