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Mesoscale Discussion 1449

July 5, 200936 counties in Alabama; Jackson County, Florida; 74 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2009, 6:12 PM CDT for 36 counties in Alabama; Jackson County, Florida; 74 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2009, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 111 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Jackson County, FL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee 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, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2009-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 2009-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 5, 4:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 10 more2 hr
Jul 5, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 17 more65 min
Jul 5, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 28 more8 hr
Jul 5, 3:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Crenshaw and 15 more54 min
Jul 5, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 23 more65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.