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Mesoscale Discussion 366
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 7, 2008, 5:13 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 41 counties in Florida; 39 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 5:13 AM CST (11:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2008, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties
Barbour County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Orange County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale and 5 more | 86 min |
| Mar 7, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more | 84 min |
| Mar 7, 5:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Pasco and 4 more | 95 min |
| Mar 7, 4:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades, Hardee and 19 more | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 19 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.