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Mesoscale Discussion 2349

October 21, 2005Cherokee County, DeKalb County, Alabama; 8 counties in Georgia; 19 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 21, 2005, 1:56 PM CDT for Cherokee County, DeKalb County, Alabama; 8 counties in Georgia; 19 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2005, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Cherokee County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Union County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 1:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Screven115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.