Alert archive / Georgia / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 2160
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2008, 4:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Florida; 22 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2008, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Barbour County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Webster County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
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 25, 11:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Dale, Henry, Houston and 2 more | 84 min |
| Aug 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 89 min |
| Aug 26, 9:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more | 58 min |
| Aug 26, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Wakulla | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 8:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks and 72 more | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 29 more | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke and 53 more | 12 hr |
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.