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Mesoscale Discussion 1359

July 1, 20126 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Florida; 13 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2012, 10:33 PM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Florida; 13 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2012, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 45 counties

Barbour County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist 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, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8567 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
8567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jul 2, 5:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson2 hr
Jul 2, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Dixie and 15 more2 hr
Jul 1, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 45 more60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.