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Mesoscale Discussion 586

April 20, 200631 counties in Alabama; 47 counties in Georgia; 11 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 20, 2006, 3:40 PM CDT for 31 counties in Alabama; 47 counties in Georgia; 11 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2006, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 89 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Moore County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2006-04-20Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 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 19, 7:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 20 more84 min
Apr 20, 11:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 24 more86 min
Apr 20, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 20 more7 hr
Apr 20, 1:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Colbert and 22 more2 hr
Apr 20, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa6 hr
Apr 20, 6:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 19 more2 hr
Apr 20, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Colbert and 22 more5 hr
Apr 20, 1:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer and 9 more2 hr
Apr 20, 4:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 27 more113 min
Apr 20, 11:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 19 more2 hr
Apr 20, 4:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood and 3 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.