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Mesoscale Discussion 246

March 5, 201348 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 5, 2013, 6:20 PM EST for 48 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2013, 6:20 PM EST (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2013, 7:15 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2013-03-05Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2013-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 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
Mar 5, 2:11 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more2 hr
Mar 5, 2:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 62 more4 hr
Mar 5, 4:47 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Clarke, Clayton and 37 more88 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.