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Mesoscale Discussion 343
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 24, 2012, 10:16 AM EDT for 14 counties in Florida; 31 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2012, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 241417
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 241416
SCZ000-GAZ000-FLZ000-241515-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0343
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0916 AM CDT SAT MAR 24 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...NRN FL...SERN GA
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY
VALID 241416Z - 241515Z
SEMI-DISCRETE TSTMS ACROSS THE ERN FL PANHANDLE INTO S-CNTRL GA
SHOULD INTENSIFY AND POSE A RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AS
ACTIVITY MOVES EWD TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC COAST. THE PROBABILITY OF A
WW ISSUANCE IS 80 PERCENT AND SLIGHT RISK WILL BE EXPANDED SWD IN
THE 1630Z D1 OUTLOOK.
TSTMS DEVELOPING WITHIN A PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE BAND COINCIDENT
WITH THE AXIS OF STRONGER INSTABILITY...CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE NEAR
1500 J/KG AS SAMPLED BY THE 12Z TLH RAOB...SHOULD INTENSIFY AS
DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION INCREASES. THIS SCENARIO IS SUPPORTED BY
CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODEL GUIDANCE WITH SEVERAL TSTM CLUSTERS LIKELY
DEVELOPING EWD INTO THIS AFTERNOON. VWP DATA FROM KVAX DEPICTS
VEERING OF THE LOWER-LEVEL WIND PROFILE THAT IS SUPPORTING 0-1 KM
SRH OF 100-150 M2/S2. WITH EFFECTIVE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OF 30-40
KT...EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES APPEAR PROBABLE...POTENTIALLY
YIELDING ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND A
BRIEF TORNADO.
..GRAMS.. 03/24/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...CHS...TBW...JAX...FFC...TAE...
LAT...LON 31388327 32028298 32488230 32528151 32398114 32208093
30738154 29928140 29458161 29338240 29408282 29678343
30148363 30808351 31388327SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 4 more | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton and 4 more | 86 min |
| Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 4:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richmond | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 53 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.