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Mesoscale Discussion 362

March 23, 200542 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 23, 2005, 4:16 AM EST for 42 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2005, 4:16 AM EST (09:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2005, 5:45 AM EST
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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, 7:24 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChatham36 min
Mar 22, 8:39 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 8 more36 min
Mar 22, 10:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Dooly and 22 more84 min
Mar 22, 11:11 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDade2 hr
Mar 23, 12:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford and 27 more7 hr
Mar 23, 12:37 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford and 24 more83 min
Mar 23, 1:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butts, Carroll, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta and 29 more7 hr
Mar 23, 2:35 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole, Thomas85 min
Mar 23, 3:11 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll and 53 more2 hr
Mar 23, 12:42 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChesterfield, Dillon, Marlboro93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.