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Mesoscale Discussion 419

April 11, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2011, 8:23 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2011, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 117 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Henry County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Buncombe County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Loudon County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Roane County, TN, Sevier County, TN

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2011-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2011-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-501 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Apr 11, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 19 more7 hr
Apr 11, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke and 31 more30 min
Apr 11, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 34 more3 hr
Apr 12, 1:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 21 more36 min
Apr 12, 12:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.