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Mesoscale Discussion 3

January 3, 202052 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 3, 2020, 2:02 PM EST for 52 counties in Georgia; 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2020, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 59 counties

Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2020-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 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 2020-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 5:40 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clayton, Coweta, Crawford and 26 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.