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Mesoscale Discussion 366

April 2, 20094 counties in Alabama; 22 counties in Florida; 65 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2009, 10:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; 22 counties in Florida; 65 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2009, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 91 counties

Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chattahoochee 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, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston 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, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1561 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
1561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
6.4

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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
Apr 2, 3:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa63 min
Apr 2, 5:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 9 more63 min
Apr 2, 6:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 19 more8 hr
Apr 2, 1:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 45 more66 min
Apr 2, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 36 more5 hr
Apr 2, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston7 hr
Apr 2, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Coffee and 29 more63 min
Apr 2, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb95 min
Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 38 more7 hr
Apr 1, 11:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more113 min
Apr 2, 7:31 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 6 more6 hr
Apr 2, 12:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 13 more58 min
Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 8 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.