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Mesoscale Discussion 351

March 22, 200528 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 22, 2005, 6:09 PM CST for 28 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2005, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 8:15 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Clarke County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Newton County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2005-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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 2005-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 22, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 26 more7 hr
Mar 22, 7:47 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion and 1 more88 min
Mar 22, 9:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 49 more84 min
Mar 22, 10:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan2 hr
Mar 22, 11:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee, Coosa and 13 more7 hr
Mar 22, 11:37 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 19 more83 min
Mar 23, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Lee, Randolph7 hr
Mar 23, 1:27 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more63 min
Mar 23, 2:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Coosa, Covington and 13 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.