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Mesoscale Discussion 343

March 21, 20066 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 27 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 21, 2006, 4:49 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 27 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2006, 4:49 AM CST (10:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2006, 6:15 AM CST
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Barbour County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 00:00Z on 2006-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 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
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

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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 20, 6:03 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 11 more4 hr
Mar 20, 8:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 13 more2 hr
Mar 20, 10:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 29 more2 hr
Mar 20, 11:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery and 1 more2 hr
Mar 21, 8:53 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Union97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.