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Mesoscale Discussion 566

April 12, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 12, 2005, 2:53 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2005, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 105 counties

Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, McCormick County, SC, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2005-04-12Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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
Apr 11, 10:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile65 min
Apr 12, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 59 more8 hr
Apr 12, 5:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAbbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Edgefield, Greenwood and 8 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.