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Mesoscale Discussion 2102

October 11, 20064 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 11, 2006, 1:49 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2006, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2006, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Macon County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Graham County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2006-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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
Oct 11, 5:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens, Towns and 1 more56 min
Oct 11, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.