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Mesoscale Discussion 2360

November 22, 201138 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 22, 2011, 10:14 PM EST for 38 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2011, 10:14 PM EST (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2011, 11:15 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, 7:57 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 66 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in South 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.