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Mesoscale Discussion 285

March 13, 2005Cleburne County, Randolph County, Alabama; 38 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 13, 2005, 4:28 PM CST for Cleburne County, Randolph County, Alabama; 38 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2005, 4:28 PM CST (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Cleburne County, AL, 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, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Walton County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2005-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 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
Mar 13, 2:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 15 more2 hr
Mar 13, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Greene, Hale, Jefferson and 5 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.