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Mesoscale Discussion 1557

July 20, 200730 counties in Alabama; 77 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 20, 2007, 2:55 PM CDT for 30 counties in Alabama; 77 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2007, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2007-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 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 2007-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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
Jul 20, 10:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 11 more88 min
Jul 20, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more8 hr
Jul 20, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more5 hr
Jul 20, 12:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford and 34 more94 min
Jul 20, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 46 more6 hr
Jul 20, 12:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln and 5 more83 min
Jul 20, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 15 more7 hr
Jul 20, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty and 4 more56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.