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Mesoscale Discussion 826
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2008, 3:13 PM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama; 43 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2008, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke 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, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Troup County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion and 3 more | 87 min |
| May 8, 8:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more | 83 min |
| May 8, 12:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry and 4 more | 92 min |
| May 8, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson and 7 more | 83 min |
| May 8, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw and 29 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.