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Mesoscale Discussion 1918
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 17, 2014, 7:43 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2014, 7:43 AM CST (13:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 135 counties
Barbour County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin 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, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Ware County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Lee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 8:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Washington | 62 min |
| Nov 16, 9:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 1:13 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 32 min |
| Nov 17, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile, Washington | 114 min |
| Nov 17, 4:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh and 9 more | 66 min |
| Nov 17, 5:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:57 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Dixie, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee and 5 more | 65 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
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.