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Mesoscale Discussion 2143
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 23, 2008, 7:06 PM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Florida; 31 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 84 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2008, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Henry County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Worth County, GA
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chilton, Coosa, Crenshaw and 9 more | 92 min |
| Aug 24, 2:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore and 7 more | 90 min |
| Aug 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 24 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.