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Mesoscale Discussion 231

April 7, 201818 counties in Florida; 17 counties in Georgia; Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 7, 2018, 12:41 PM EDT for 18 counties in Florida; 17 counties in Georgia; Beaufort County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2018, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 37 counties

Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2018-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 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 2018-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.