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Mesoscale Discussion 2355

November 22, 20116 counties in Alabama; 6 counties in Georgia; 23 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 22, 2011, 12:49 PM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; 6 counties in Georgia; 23 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2011, 12:49 PM CST (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2011, 2:45 PM CST
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Blount County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2011-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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 2011-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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
Nov 22, 11:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more37 min
Nov 22, 11:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 28 more8 hr
Nov 22, 2:40 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 13 more65 min
Nov 22, 3:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Dale, Elmore and 8 more2 hr
Nov 22, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clayton and 42 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.