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Mesoscale Discussion 291

March 14, 20056 counties in Florida; 44 counties in Georgia; Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 14, 2005, 1:05 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida; 44 counties in Georgia; Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2005, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2005, 3:00 PM EST
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

Baker County, FL, Duval County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2005-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 14, 10:41 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCitrus, Hernando, Lake, Orange, Pasco, Seminole and 2 more64 min
Mar 14, 4:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNassau114 min
Mar 14, 1:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 40 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.