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Mesoscale Discussion 1872

December 6, 201619 counties in Florida; 21 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 6, 2016, 2:31 AM CST for 19 counties in Florida; 21 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2016, 2:31 AM CST (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2016, 4:30 AM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden 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, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 3 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 2016-12-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 729 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 2016-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 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
729 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 7:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 more114 min
Dec 5, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 more8 hr
Dec 5, 11:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 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.