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Mesoscale Discussion 488

April 30, 201414 counties in Florida; 39 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2014, 4:15 AM CDT for 14 counties in Florida; 39 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2014, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2014, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 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
Apr 29, 9:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa59 min
Apr 29, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Gulf, Holmes, Walton, Washington4 hr
Apr 29, 11:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington2 hr
Apr 30, 12:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more8 hr
Apr 30, 1:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty96 min
Apr 30, 6:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla88 min
Apr 30, 8:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty and 2 more62 min
Apr 30, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCitrus, Flagler, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Putnam and 3 more119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.