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Mesoscale Discussion 2230

December 16, 200730 counties in Florida; 34 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 16, 2007, 12:29 AM EST for 30 counties in Florida; 34 counties in Georgia; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2007, 12:29 AM EST (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2007, 2:30 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Madison County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks 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, Cook County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Tift County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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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
Dec 15, 9:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 14 more116 min
Dec 15, 9:42 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 24 more8 hr
Dec 16, 3:16 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 25 more119 min
Dec 16, 5:10 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFlagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion, Orange and 4 more65 min
Dec 16, 6:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia107 min
Dec 16, 7:32 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOrange, Seminole, Volusia58 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.