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Mesoscale Discussion 63

January 25, 20266 counties in Florida; 25 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 25, 2026, 2:55 PM CST for 6 counties in Florida; 25 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2026, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2026, 4:30 PM CST
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 4
All 31 counties

Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 263 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 2026-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 975 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
975 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1097 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 9:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more2 hr
Jan 25, 10:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more7 hr
Jan 25, 12:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more88 min
Jan 25, 11:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth and 14 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.