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Mesoscale Discussion 2379

November 14, 200859 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 14, 2008, 3:28 PM EST for 59 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2008, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2008, 4:30 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties

Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley 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, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2008-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Nov 14, 4:05 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Brooks, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more115 min
Nov 14, 4:43 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch and 49 more92 min
Nov 14, 3:17 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 69 more58 min
Nov 14, 6:17 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 55 more118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.