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Mesoscale Discussion 1291

June 28, 201358 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2013, 3:05 PM EDT for 58 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2013, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 64 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1566 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
1566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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
Jun 28, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 68 more9 hr
Jun 28, 2:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Early and 14 more94 min
Jun 28, 2:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler and 11 more84 min
Jun 28, 4:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brooks and 46 more97 min
Jun 28, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLancaster89 min
Jun 28, 4:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, York93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.