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Mesoscale Discussion 404

March 26, 2005Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; 8 counties in Florida; 75 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2005, 4:51 PM CST for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; 8 counties in Florida; 75 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 4:51 PM CST (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 5:45 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 85 counties

Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham 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, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, 9:07 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke and 20 more113 min
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, 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

Nearby

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