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Mesoscale Discussion 397

March 26, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2005, 9:07 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 9:07 AM CST (15:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 11:00 AM CST
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 106 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jackson County, MS

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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 469 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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 26, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 10 more6 hr
Mar 26, 1:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Mobile, Washington2 hr
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 21 more7 hr
Mar 26, 4:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHenry, Houston54 min
Mar 26, 5:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 20 more66 min
Mar 26, 5:37 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus and 38 more113 min
Mar 26, 5:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Columbia, Dixie, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 9 more4 hr
Mar 26, 1:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 75 more115 min
Mar 26, 3:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 11 more31 min
Mar 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 33 more8 hr
Mar 26, 4:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 3 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.