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Mesoscale Discussion 137

February 25, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 25, 2011, 1:35 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2011, 1:35 AM CST (07:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2011, 2:30 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Autauga County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta 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, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC, Blount County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 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
Feb 24, 8:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more64 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 27 more6 hr
Feb 24, 10:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more97 min
Feb 24, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 27 more5 hr
Feb 25, 12:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Madison, Mitchell and 3 more27 min
Feb 24, 7:22 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Macon, Montgomery, Pickett, Robertson, Stewart83 min
Feb 24, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.