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Mesoscale Discussion 295

March 27, 20117 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 50 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2011, 2:49 PM CDT for 7 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 50 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2011, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa 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, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Seminole 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, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2011-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1068 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 2011-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.0

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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, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more7 hr
Mar 26, 11:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more54 min
Mar 27, 7:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 16 more117 min
Mar 27, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 17 more7 hr
Mar 27, 10:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva and 3 more84 min
Mar 27, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry and 1 more5 hr
Mar 27, 6:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 4 more2 hr
Mar 26, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more95 min
Mar 26, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more8 hr
Mar 26, 10:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more65 min
Mar 26, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Catoosa, Chattooga and 38 more62 min
Mar 27, 2:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 40 more57 min
Mar 27, 2:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch and 46 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.