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Mesoscale Discussion 289

March 26, 201123 counties in Alabama; 61 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2011, 11:21 PM CDT for 23 counties in Alabama; 61 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2011, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Marion County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2011-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 2011-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.7

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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, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more7 hr
Mar 27, 7:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 16 more117 min
Mar 27, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 17 more7 hr
Mar 27, 10:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva and 3 more84 min
Mar 27, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 1 more56 min
Mar 27, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry and 1 more5 hr
Mar 27, 6:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia and 4 more2 hr
Mar 26, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more95 min
Mar 26, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more8 hr
Mar 26, 10:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more65 min
Mar 26, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Catoosa, Chattooga and 38 more62 min
Mar 27, 2:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley and 40 more57 min
Mar 27, 2:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch and 46 more3 hr

Nearby

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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.