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Mesoscale Discussion 2393

December 22, 201159 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 22, 2011, 6:25 PM EST for 59 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2011, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, White County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2011-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 2011-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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
Dec 22, 2:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more118 min
Dec 22, 3:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 77 more6 hr
Dec 22, 3:51 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, Paulding and 1 more54 min

Nearby

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