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Mesoscale Discussion 304
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 26, 2008, 9:22 AM CST for Houston County, Alabama; 19 counties in Florida; 59 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2008, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 79 counties
Houston County, AL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson 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, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay 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, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox 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 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 25, 11:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Fayette, Greene, Hale and 7 more | 85 min |
| Feb 26, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette and 12 more | 85 min |
| Feb 26, 4:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 1 more | 85 min |
| Feb 26, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 85 min |
| Feb 26, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 20 more | 88 min |
| Feb 26, 1:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Glades and 22 more | 94 min |
| Feb 26, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more | 5 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.