Alert archive / Georgia / Mesoscale Discussions in 2007

Mesoscale Discussion 250

March 1, 200724 counties in Florida; 33 counties in Georgia; 11 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2007, 10:11 PM EST for 24 counties in Florida; 33 counties in Georgia; 11 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2007, 10:11 PM EST (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 11:45 PM EST
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Brevard County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Orange County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee 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, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke 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, 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, Toombs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2007-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1205 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 2007-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 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
1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
12.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:39 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 12 more8 hr
Mar 2, 12:54 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more7 hr
Mar 2, 2:33 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla87 min
Mar 2, 4:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 10 more62 min
Mar 2, 6:21 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 13 more84 min
Mar 2, 10:54 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFlagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Pasco and 3 more2 hr
Mar 1, 8:27 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBurke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 5 more9 hr
Mar 2, 3:00 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichmond90 min
Mar 1, 7:59 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAiken, Bamberg, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield and 18 more91 min
Mar 1, 11:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro91 min
Mar 2, 12:28 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more8 hr

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.