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Mesoscale Discussion 182

February 6, 20089 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 68 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2008, 10:20 AM CST for 9 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 68 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2008, 10:20 AM CST (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 11:45 AM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 87 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Grady County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 9:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more96 min
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 23 more8 hr
Feb 6, 1:23 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Feb 6, 2:41 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman and 25 more2 hr
Feb 6, 4:06 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 24 more6 hr
Feb 6, 4:27 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more2 hr
Feb 6, 5:04 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more5 hr
Feb 6, 6:10 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 34 more2 hr
Feb 6, 7:06 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 6 more6 hr
Feb 6, 1:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more53 min
Feb 6, 7:49 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFannin, Gilmer, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray, Rabun and 4 more116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.