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Mesoscale Discussion 2445

November 16, 20058 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2005, 2:03 AM CST for 8 states. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2005, 2:03 AM CST (08:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2005, 4:00 AM CST
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 156 counties

Randolph County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Pike County, KY, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Surry County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Alleghany County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Highland County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 15, 11:07 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 16 more53 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 Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.