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Mesoscale Discussion 412

April 5, 20228 counties in Florida; 46 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2022, 2:30 PM CDT for 8 counties in Florida; 46 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2022, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 96...97
All 54 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Washington County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 596 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2022-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 6:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Apr 5, 6:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more8 hr
Apr 5, 8:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSanta Rosa90 min
Apr 5, 10:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGadsden2 hr
Apr 5, 1:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more55 min
Apr 5, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 7 more4 hr
Apr 5, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Marion, Nassau and 3 more113 min
Apr 5, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Nassau and 1 more90 min
Apr 5, 11:03 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 69 more7 hr
Apr 5, 12:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 36 more83 min
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Charlton and 16 more115 min
Apr 5, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler and 20 more6 hr
Apr 5, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Ben Hill, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 24 more83 min

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.