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Mesoscale Discussion 418

March 27, 200541 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2005, 1:13 PM EST for 41 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2005, 1:13 PM EST (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 3:15 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 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 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFloyd, Haralson, Polk3 hr
Mar 26, 9:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Polk7 hr
Mar 26, 10:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 61 more7 hr
Mar 26, 11:43 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 10 more62 min
Mar 27, 12:05 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Ware5 hr
Mar 27, 2:14 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 53 more91 min
Mar 27, 3:27 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 23 more63 min
Mar 27, 4:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 45 more6 hr
Mar 27, 7:53 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more2 hr
Mar 27, 10:08 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton and 14 more37 min
Mar 27, 10:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 55 more7 hr
Mar 27, 12:06 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHaralson, Polk54 min
Mar 27, 12:40 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 42 more5 hr
Mar 27, 3:55 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Calhoun, Coffee and 22 more2 hr
Mar 27, 5:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAtkinson, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow and 104 more7 hr

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.