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Mesoscale Discussion 2335

November 16, 201118 counties in Florida; 22 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2011, 5:35 PM EST for 18 counties in Florida; 22 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2011, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Cook County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2011-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 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 2011-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Nov 16, 10:46 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Nov 16, 10:59 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa91 min
Nov 16, 1:17 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more118 min
Nov 16, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more7 hr
Nov 16, 8:25 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson and 7 more95 min
Nov 16, 4:06 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 11 more114 min
Nov 16, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more7 hr
Nov 16, 6:48 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChatham, Effingham, Screven87 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.