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Mesoscale Discussion 2207

September 26, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 26, 2011, 6:04 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2011, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Clay County, FL, Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Appling 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, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Anson County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Union County, NC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3076 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3076 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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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
Sep 26, 4:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 22 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.