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Mesoscale Discussion 2003
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 15, 2023, 4:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; 6 counties in Florida; 23 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 114 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2023, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch unlikely
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 33 counties
Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Randolph | 85 min |
| Aug 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee, Macon, Russell | 93 min |
| Aug 14, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catoosa, Dade | 119 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.