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Mesoscale Discussion 2225

December 25, 201215 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida; 21 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 25, 2012, 8:49 PM CST for 15 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida; 21 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2012, 8:49 PM CST (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 9:45 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Harris County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Webster 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2012-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
596 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
Dec 25, 6:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Elmore and 5 more85 min
Dec 25, 7:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Butler, Chilton, Clarke, Clay and 14 more67 min
Dec 25, 9:23 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington and 12 more6 hr
Dec 25, 11:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee and 1 more95 min
Dec 26, 2:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Liberty65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.