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Mesoscale Discussion 2358

November 22, 2011Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama; 72 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 22, 2011, 6:57 PM CST for Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama; 72 counties in Georgia; 4 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2011, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2011, 8:30 PM CST
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 78 counties

Barbour County, AL, Russell County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe 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, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2011-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 389 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 2011-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 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
389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.0

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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, 9:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Crisp and 32 more61 min

Nearby

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