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Mesoscale Discussion 1235

June 15, 20116 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2011, 5:53 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2011, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 98 counties

Colbert County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 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 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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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
Jun 15, 10:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more2 hr
Jun 15, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more9 hr
Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 3 more116 min
Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts, Chattahoochee and 55 more5 hr
Jun 15, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMontgomery, Stewart2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.