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Mesoscale Discussion 1992

September 20, 200719 counties in Florida; Echols County, Lowndes County, Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 20, 2007, 10:56 PM EDT for 19 counties in Florida; Echols County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2007, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2007, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Levy County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Echols County, GA, Lowndes 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2007-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 547 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 2007-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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
Sep 20, 11:19 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 12 more7 hr
Sep 21, 2:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin and 13 more115 min
Sep 21, 11:45 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla and 1 more60 min
Sep 21, 5:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more53 min
Sep 21, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 10 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.