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Mesoscale Discussion 14

January 5, 200723 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 88 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 5, 2007, 9:02 AM CST for 23 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 88 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2007, 9:02 AM CST (15:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 127 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia 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, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Early County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 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
Jan 4, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Mobile, Washington7 hr
Jan 5, 12:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 57 more28 min
Jan 5, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 48 more6 hr
Jan 5, 2:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Mobile, Washington64 min
Jan 5, 3:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 47 more62 min
Jan 5, 5:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 28 more59 min
Jan 5, 7:21 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay, Coffee and 16 more8 hr
Jan 5, 11:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 4 more119 min
Jan 5, 1:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more119 min
Jan 5, 1:49 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more7 hr
Jan 5, 5:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 4 more85 min
Jan 5, 11:06 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall and 6 more
Jan 5, 11:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBurke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 5 more8 hr
Jan 5, 2:04 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 3 more86 min
Jan 5, 3:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 13 more34 min
Jan 5, 3:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel and 11 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.