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Mesoscale Discussion 2443

November 15, 20058 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 15, 2005, 11:07 PM CST for 8 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 11:07 PM CST (05:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2005, 12:00 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 79 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Dade County, GA, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Cherokee County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock 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, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Union County, TN, Lee County, VA, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.7

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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
Nov 15, 6:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee and 28 more55 min
Nov 15, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 22 more6 hr
Nov 15, 8:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw and 24 more91 min
Nov 16, 2:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRandolph117 min
Nov 15, 7:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more54 min
Nov 15, 8:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Carter, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason84 min
Nov 15, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more5 hr
Nov 15, 10:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, DeKalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Overton and 5 more27 min
Nov 16, 4:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 52 more2 hr
Nov 16, 11:33 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 2 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.