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Mesoscale Discussion 692

April 26, 200544 counties in Alabama; 32 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 26, 2005, 9:49 AM CDT for 44 counties in Alabama; 32 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2005, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Walker County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-04-26Temperature 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 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 26, 1:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke and 20 more66 min
Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEscambia, Geneva, Houston6 hr
Apr 26, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston89 min
Apr 26, 12:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch and 8 more116 min
Apr 26, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes and 1 more7 hr
Apr 26, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes and 1 more58 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes and 1 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.