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Mesoscale Discussion 94

February 6, 202017 counties in Florida; 77 counties in Georgia; 18 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2020, 1:32 PM CST for 17 counties in Florida; 77 counties in Georgia; 18 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2020, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2020, 2:30 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 112 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton 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, Early County, GA, Echols 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, Jones County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell 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, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, 2:02 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more88 min
Feb 6, 3:27 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more9 hr
Feb 6, 10:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more2 hr
Feb 6, 10:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 2 more90 min
Feb 6, 11:17 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin and 15 more8 hr
Feb 6, 3:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more2 hr
Feb 6, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more7 hr
Feb 5, 6:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Dade117 min
Feb 6, 6:40 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas and 11 more95 min
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, 12:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAbbeville, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lancaster and 3 more97 min
Feb 6, 3:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg60 min
Feb 6, 3:23 PM CSTTornado 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.