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Mesoscale Discussion 669

April 22, 20054 counties in Alabama; 29 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2005, 10:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; 29 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2005, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Atkinson County, GA, Baker County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Echols County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Ware County, GA, Worth County, GA

The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2005-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 22, 8:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 30 more2 hr
Apr 22, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 27 more5 hr
Apr 22, 11:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clarke, Conecuh and 14 more91 min
Apr 22, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, McIntosh, Pierce60 min
Apr 22, 9:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCobb, Forsyth, Paulding, Polk62 min
Apr 22, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDecatur, Echols4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.