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Mesoscale Discussion 540
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 3, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2016, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties
Houston County, AL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch 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, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Screven County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 83 min |
| May 3, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke | 8 hr |
| May 3, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield and 8 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.