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Mesoscale Discussion 284

March 26, 201124 counties in Alabama; 81 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT for 24 counties in Alabama; 81 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 105 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Grady County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2011-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 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
Mar 26, 10:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 17 more54 min
Mar 26, 11:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 24 more95 min
Mar 26, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 42 more8 hr
Mar 26, 2:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 47 more97 min
Mar 26, 6:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin and 5 more27 min
Mar 26, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks and 18 more57 min
Mar 26, 2:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Effingham and 11 more97 min
Mar 26, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.