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Mesoscale Discussion 152

March 3, 201921 counties in Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 3, 2019, 4:28 PM EST for 21 counties in Georgia; Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2019, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2019, 5:30 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Allendale County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2019-03-03Temperature 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 2019-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 10:59 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Harris and 19 more2 hr
Mar 3, 12:24 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 83 more10 hr
Mar 3, 1:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay58 min
Mar 3, 1:28 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarris, Muscogee32 min
Mar 3, 3:06 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Houston, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach and 1 more54 min
Mar 3, 3:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMuscogee26 min
Mar 3, 3:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 41 more116 min
Mar 3, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 18 more7 hr
Mar 3, 3:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTwiggs, Wilkinson24 min
Mar 3, 4:22 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Early, Miller, Seminole113 min
Mar 3, 6:15 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 56 more2 hr

Nearby

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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.