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Mesoscale Discussion 88

February 6, 20208 counties in Alabama; 17 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2020, 6:40 AM CST for 8 counties in Alabama; 17 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2020, 6:40 AM CST (12:40 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2020, 8:15 AM CST
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Carroll County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Troup County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2020-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 732 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 2020-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 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
732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 6:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Limestone, Madison117 min
Feb 5, 9:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens and 2 more2 hr
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 9 more2 hr
Feb 5, 11:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 18 more8 hr
Feb 6, 2:02 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 18 more88 min
Feb 6, 3:27 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 20 more9 hr
Feb 6, 4:33 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChilton, Clarke, Dallas, Monroe, Perry, Washington and 1 more87 min
Feb 6, 10:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 9 more2 hr
Feb 6, 11:17 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston8 hr
Feb 6, 8:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Columbia, Elbert, Greene, Hart, Lincoln and 6 more55 min
Feb 6, 9:12 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 21 more7 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 57 more90 min
Feb 6, 1:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 71 more58 min
Feb 6, 3:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 48 more2 hr
Feb 6, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Camden and 14 more7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.