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Mesoscale Discussion 344

March 22, 200538 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 22, 2005, 3:05 PM EST for 38 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2005, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 3:30 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 22, 8:38 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 18 more67 min
Mar 22, 8:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more6 hr
Mar 22, 9:49 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Chattahoochee, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Muscogee and 2 more26 min
Mar 22, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta and 29 more6 hr
Mar 22, 10:38 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Glynn and 2 more2 hr
Mar 22, 11:05 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch and 6 more7 hr
Mar 22, 11:54 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Baldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 34 more36 min
Mar 22, 1:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Baldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 36 more7 hr
Mar 22, 1:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more54 min
Mar 22, 2:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 14 more7 hr
Mar 22, 2:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Camden and 13 more83 min
Mar 22, 4:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 8 more34 min
Mar 22, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Bryan and 14 more6 hr
Mar 22, 6:10 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Bryan, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols and 7 more95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.