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Mesoscale Discussion 1362

July 20, 201711 counties in Alabama; 27 counties in Florida; 83 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 20, 2017, 12:44 PM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; 27 counties in Florida; 83 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2017, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 121 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 861 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.