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Mesoscale Discussion 88

January 21, 201730 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Florida; 59 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 21, 2017, 7:41 AM CST for 30 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Florida; 59 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2017, 7:41 AM CST (13:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2017, 9:15 AM CST
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 96 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2017-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 3:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 36 more90 min
Jan 21, 3:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 36 more8 hr
Jan 21, 9:19 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and 1 more86 min
Jan 21, 8:04 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more6 hr
Jan 21, 12:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson and 6 more114 min
Jan 21, 1:12 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 3 more5 hr
Jan 21, 3:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton and 9 more57 min
Jan 21, 5:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more55 min
Jan 21, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 19 more4 hr
Jan 21, 2:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 20 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.