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Mesoscale Discussion 261
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 15, 2024, 4:09 PM EDT for 44 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2024, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2024, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch unlikely
- Chance of a watch
- 5%
All 44 counties
Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Long County, GA, Macon County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson and 3 more | 90 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.