Alert archive / Georgia / Mesoscale Discussions in 2023

Mesoscale Discussion 1018

June 13, 20238 counties in Alabama; 12 counties in Florida; 42 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2023, 2:42 PM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; 12 counties in Florida; 42 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2023, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2023, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 281
All 62 counties

Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2023-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 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 2023-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 22 more2 hr
Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more7 hr
Jun 13, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee5 hr
Jun 13, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Gilchrist and 7 more93 min
Jun 13, 5:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa and 2 more64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2023Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

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.