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Mesoscale Discussion 33

January 7, 200719 counties in Georgia; Abbeville County, McCormick County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 7, 2007, 6:34 PM EST for 19 counties in Georgia; Abbeville County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2007, 6:34 PM EST (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2007, 8:00 PM EST
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Barrow County, GA, Clarke County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Walton County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2007-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 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
Jan 7, 12:31 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 8 more2 hr
Jan 7, 3:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 49 more84 min
Jan 7, 4:12 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 67 more7 hr

Nearby

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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.