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Mesoscale Discussion 1920

November 2, 201539 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 2, 2015, 2:36 PM EST for 39 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 2015, 2:36 PM EST (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley 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, Emanuel County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Tift County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.2

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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
Nov 2, 6:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Early, Quitman2 hr
Nov 2, 11:21 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Dougherty, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole54 min
Nov 2, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAtkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 40 more6 hr
Nov 2, 4:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 2 more53 min
Nov 2, 6:05 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Bryan, Bulloch and 12 more115 min

Nearby

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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.