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Mesoscale Discussion 92

January 14, 200548 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2005, 12:32 AM EST for 48 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2005, 12:32 AM EST (05:32 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2005, 2:00 AM EST
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 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
Jan 14, 1:55 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford and 69 more5 hr
Jan 14, 4:15 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 52 more90 min
Jan 14, 5:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAccomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 37 more6 hr
Jan 14, 7:05 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.