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Mesoscale Discussion 186
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2008, 2:52 PM EST for 16 counties in Florida; 62 counties in Georgia; 12 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 2:52 PM EST (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 90 counties
Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks 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, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth 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, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 5:27 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:04 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 85 min |
| Feb 6, 3:41 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray, Rabun and 4 more | 116 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.