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Mesoscale Discussion 2130

September 5, 201126 counties in Alabama; 48 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 5, 2011, 7:24 AM CDT for 26 counties in Alabama; 48 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2011, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2011, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Henry County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2011-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 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 2011-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.0

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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
Sep 4, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 16 more9 hr
Sep 4, 11:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 6 more115 min
Sep 5, 4:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 41 more94 min
Sep 5, 5:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 50 more10 hr
Sep 5, 11:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 41 more29 min
Sep 5, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston6 hr
Sep 5, 3:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Elmore and 9 more30 min
Sep 5, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 16 more4 hr
Sep 5, 6:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 9 more113 min
Sep 5, 11:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Chattooga and 46 more4 hr
Sep 5, 12:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel, Glascock and 17 more67 min
Sep 5, 2:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 75 more55 min
Sep 5, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more7 hr
Sep 5, 4:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden and 19 more87 min
Sep 5, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurke, Richmond4 hr

Nearby

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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.