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Mesoscale Discussion 1614

November 1, 20189 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 38 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 1, 2018, 12:03 PM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 38 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2018, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Early County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Grady County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Lee County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2018-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 4:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 23 more2 hr
Nov 1, 5:27 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 32 more7 hr
Nov 1, 7:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Clarke and 22 more115 min
Nov 1, 8:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston2 hr
Nov 1, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.