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Mesoscale Discussion 102

January 22, 201740 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 22, 2017, 12:06 AM EST for 40 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2017, 12:06 AM EST (05:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2017, 1:00 AM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 40 counties

Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Candler County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Macon County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 7:51 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 15 more8 hr
Jan 21, 9:30 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Early, Quitman, Seminole90 min
Jan 21, 10:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty and 10 more93 min
Jan 22, 12:49 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty and 10 more116 min
Jan 22, 2:55 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 47 more65 min
Jan 22, 3:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 56 more9 hr
Jan 22, 3:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 38 more119 min
Jan 22, 6:34 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 57 more86 min
Jan 22, 7:11 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 49 more2 hr
Jan 22, 9:11 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Decatur and 7 more64 min
Jan 22, 10:16 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Decatur, Echols and 5 more59 min
Jan 22, 10:41 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Dodge and 27 more94 min
Jan 22, 11:25 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 31 more95 min
Jan 22, 12:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Seminole58 min
Jan 22, 12:47 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 100 more7 hr
Jan 22, 1:31 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Troup59 min
Jan 22, 1:36 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Grady, Miller, Seminole, Thomas54 min
Jan 22, 3:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 15 more58 min
Jan 22, 3:28 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 10 more92 min
Jan 22, 4:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 8 more88 min
Jan 22, 4:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Charlton, Clinch and 12 more86 min
Jan 22, 4:25 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPCBryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 10 more3 hr
Jan 22, 6:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 11 more92 min

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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.