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Mesoscale Discussion 340
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2006, 10:09 PM CST for 35 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 49 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2006, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2006, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 93 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 86 min |
| Mar 21, 8:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Union | 97 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006
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.