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Mesoscale Discussion 22
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 2, 2022, 5:52 PM CST for 7 counties in Florida; 38 counties in Georgia; Beaufort County, Hampton County, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2022, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2022, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 10...9
All 48 counties
Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 10:37 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 83 min |
| Jan 2, 12:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more | 117 min |
| Jan 1, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 1, 8:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 60 min |
| Jan 1, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Floyd and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Polk, Walker | 116 min |
| Jan 2, 2:19 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Troup | 116 min |
| Jan 2, 3:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 33 more | 85 min |
| Jan 2, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 20 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2022Every mesoscale discussion in 2022
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.