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Mesoscale Discussion 475

March 19, 2008Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida; 80 counties in Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2008, 2:49 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida; 80 counties in Georgia; Edgefield County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2008, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 85 counties

Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall 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, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Edgefield County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2008-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Mar 19, 8:08 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattooga, Dade, Haralson2 hr
Mar 19, 2:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Dade58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.