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Mesoscale Discussion 710

May 5, 20076 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 10 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2007, 4:46 PM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 10 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Carroll County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA, Bedford County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 052146
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 052146 
GAZ000-ALZ000-TNZ000-052315-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0710
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0446 PM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...MIDDLE TN INTO NORTHEAST AL/NORTHWEST GA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 

VALID 052146Z - 052315Z

ISOLATED SOUTH CENTRAL TN SUPERCELL...AND PERHAPS ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO POSE AN ISOLATED RISK OF
MAINLY LARGE HAIL/STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM MIDDLE TN INTO PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AL/NORTHWEST GA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A WATCH IS
NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED.

SUPERCELL IN MOORE/EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES TN CONTINUES TO MOVE
SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARCING FROM
MIDDLE TN INTO NORTHEAST AL/WEST CENTRAL GA. A FAIRLY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ALONG THE FRONT FROM MIDDLE TN INTO NORTHEAST
AL...WITH MLCAPES GENERALLY AROUND 1000 J/KG. SURFACE ADJUSTED
WSR-88D VWP DATA FROM HYTOP AL SUPPORTS EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 35
KTS WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR...FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOP/MAINTENENCE OF
SUPERCELLS INTO EARLY EVENING. WHILE A FEW SUPERCELL STRUCTURES
CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL/STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...ACTIVITY
SHOULD WEAKEN SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE WILL
LIKELY PRECLUDE A WATCH ISSUANCE.

..GUYER.. 05/05/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...MRX...FFC...OHX...BMX...HUN...

36358728 34388520 34158498 33538473 33318534 34708669
35818761

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 1:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 40 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.