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Mesoscale Discussion 277

March 26, 201124 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2011, 12:33 PM EDT for 24 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2011, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Worth 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2011-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 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 2011-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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
Mar 26, 12:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHeard95 min
Mar 26, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 74 more8 hr
Mar 26, 3:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 79 more97 min
Mar 26, 3:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham and 11 more97 min
Mar 26, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more4 hr
Mar 26, 7:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 75 more91 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.