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Mesoscale Discussion 938
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2008, 12:28 PM CDT for 14 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2008, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 4 more | 94 min |
| May 15, 8:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 4 more | 63 min |
| May 15, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 2:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Wilkinson | 94 min |
| May 15, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 5:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah and 26 more | 96 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.