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Mesoscale Discussion 91

February 6, 20208 counties in Florida; 63 counties in Georgia; 11 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2020, 11:45 AM EST for 8 counties in Florida; 63 counties in Georgia; 11 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2020, 11:45 AM EST (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2020, 1:15 PM EST
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 82 counties

Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 6, 3:02 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more88 min
Feb 6, 4:27 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more9 hr
Feb 6, 11:00 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more2 hr
Feb 6, 12:17 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin and 15 more8 hr
Feb 6, 2:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more58 min
Feb 6, 4:29 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more2 hr
Feb 6, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more7 hr
Feb 5, 7:33 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Dade117 min
Feb 6, 7:40 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 11 more95 min
Feb 6, 9:50 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Columbia, Elbert, Greene, Hart, Lincoln and 6 more55 min
Feb 6, 10:12 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 21 more7 hr
Feb 6, 1:08 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAbbeville, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lancaster and 3 more97 min
Feb 6, 4:00 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg60 min
Feb 6, 4:23 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more9 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.