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Mesoscale Discussion 2332

November 16, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2011, 12:17 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2011, 12:17 PM CST (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 2:15 PM CST
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 157 counties

Barbour County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2011-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 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 2011-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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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
Nov 15, 8:59 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington2 hr
Nov 16, 1:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton and 33 more115 min
Nov 16, 2:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun and 36 more8 hr
Nov 16, 5:33 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar and 5 more87 min
Nov 16, 7:25 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 15 more95 min
Nov 16, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 49 more7 hr
Nov 16, 9:59 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more91 min
Nov 16, 12:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston7 hr
Nov 16, 4:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Gadsden and 12 more85 min
Nov 16, 3:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 11 more114 min
Nov 16, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more7 hr
Nov 16, 5:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChatham, Effingham, Screven87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.