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Mesoscale Discussion 882

May 11, 200868 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2008, 6:13 AM EDT for 68 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2008, 6:13 AM EDT (10:13 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2008, 7:45 AM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

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, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin 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, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Macon County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Screven County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 2008-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1834 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 00:00Z on 2008-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
1834 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
11.1

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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
May 10, 8:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch and 77 more2 hr
May 10, 9:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 88 more96 min
May 10, 10:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Bacon, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow and 112 more7 hr
May 11, 12:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattooga, Dade, Floyd, Haralson, Polk, Walker118 min
May 11, 2:06 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 93 more84 min
May 11, 2:37 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 100 more7 hr
May 11, 4:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan and 87 more95 min
May 11, 5:38 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baker, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 27 more67 min
May 11, 5:52 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 34 more8 hr
May 11, 7:24 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 109 more96 min
May 11, 8:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 88 more84 min
May 11, 12:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Camden and 21 more60 min
May 11, 2:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 20 more66 min
May 11, 2:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 29 more5 hr
May 11, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Camden and 15 more2 hr
May 11, 7:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh84 min

Nearby

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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.