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Mesoscale Discussion 2000

August 15, 2023Chambers County, Randolph County, Alabama; 49 counties in Georgia; 21 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 15, 2023, 12:50 PM CDT for Chambers County, Randolph County, Alabama; 49 counties in Georgia; 21 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2023, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2023, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 72 counties

Chambers County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2023-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1677 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 2023-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more6 hr
Aug 15, 3:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLee, Macon, Russell93 min
Aug 15, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston114 min
Aug 14, 11:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatoosa, Dade119 min
Aug 15, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Chester, Lancaster, York7 hr
Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChesterfield, York94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.