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Mesoscale Discussion 1606

July 28, 200720 counties in Florida; 31 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 28, 2007, 3:16 PM EDT for 20 counties in Florida; 31 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2007, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Lake County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Orange County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2007-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2294 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2007-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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
Jul 28, 12:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 12 more92 min
Jul 28, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 18 more7 hr
Jul 28, 3:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 14 more60 min
Jul 28, 6:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Putnam and 1 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.