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Mesoscale Discussion 448

April 15, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 15, 2011, 10:41 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2011, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper 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, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, George County, MS, Greene County, MS

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2011-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 406 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 2011-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 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
406 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
566 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 160342
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 160341
GAZ000-ALZ000-FLZ000-MSZ000-160515-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0448
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1041 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN/CNTRL GA...CNTRL/SRN AL...FAR SERN MS...WRN FL
PANHANDLE

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 146...147...

VALID 160341Z - 160515Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 146...147...CONTINUES.

THE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE MODE IS EVOLVING TOWARD A BROKEN
QLCS...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM NERN AL INTO CNTRL AL NEAR 30 SE BHM
TO FAR SERN MS NEAR 25 WNW MOB...WITH A FEW LEADING SUPERCELL
STORMS. DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO
SHIFT EWD OVER ERN AL AND INTO THE WRN FL PANHANDLE WITHIN
WW146...AND EVENTUALLY INTO CNTRL GA WITHIN WW147 AFTER
0400Z...GIVEN STRONG CLOUD-BEARING W-SWLY FLOW. THE AIR MASS AHEAD
OF THE STORMS IS WEAKLY TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE GIVEN SFC DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE AND LOW-LEVEL
PARCEL BUOYANCY WILL BE MAINTAINED BY A CONTINUED INFLUX OF GULF
MOISTURE EVIDENT BY UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS ALONG THE GULF COAST. THESE
FACTORS...COMBINED WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES AOA 50 KT
WILL MAINTAIN ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES WITH A MIXED QLCS/SUPERCELL
MODE...AND AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR DMGG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE
TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES...ALBEIT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN EARLIER...WITH
EFFECTIVE SRH VALUES AOA 400 M2/S2. PERSISTENT SUPERCELLS AND BREAKS
IN CONVECTIVE LINES WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCI FOR ENHANCED TORNADO
POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...THE STRONG TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LIMITED TO
SOME EXTENT BY DIABATIC COOLING...THE LACK OF STRONG DEEP-LAYER
ASCENT...AND THE EVOLUTION TO A MORE LINEAR MODE.

FARTHER NORTHEAST INTO NORTH GA...THE 00Z PEACHTREE CITY SOUNDING
DEPICTED MARGINAL INSTABILITY THOUGH A FAVORABLE HODOGRAPH FOR
SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES -- I.E. STRONG CLOCKWISE CURVATURE IN THE LOW
LEVELS YIELDING AN EFFECTIVE SRH VALUE OF 575 M2/S2.
HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD PRECIP ACROSS NRN GA HAS AIDED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD POOL...WITH DEEPER CONVECTION FOUND ON ITS ERN
PERIPHERY. NEVERTHELESS...CONVECTION DEVELOPING UPSTREAM ACROSS NERN
AL CONTINUES TO BE SUSTAINED INVOF MORE NOTABLE SFC PRESSURE FALLS
REFLECTING SOME ASCENT. DESPITE THE STABILIZATION EFFECTS OF THE
COLD POOL OVER NRN GA...THE EFFECT OF STRONG DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR WILL ENHANCE UPDRAFT POTENTIAL IN THIS AREA...AND STRONG
LOW-LEVEL VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL YIELD A TORNADO POTENTIAL ACROSS
NRN PORTIONS OF WW147.

..COHEN.. 04/16/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...FFC...TAE...BMX...MOB...LIX...

LAT...LON   30698911 32798745 34038462 34128356 33748270 32498240
            32118306 31748480 30718630 30298757 30698911

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 46 more59 min
Apr 15, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 34 more6 hr
Apr 16, 1:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston92 min
Apr 16, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva and 5 more7 hr
Apr 16, 6:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Nassau and 3 more63 min
Apr 15, 7:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Clarke and 40 more53 min
Apr 15, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 69 more9 hr
Apr 16, 4:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glascock, Greene and 12 more96 min
Apr 16, 4:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Butts and 56 more8 hr
Apr 16, 9:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 12 more2 hr
Apr 15, 7:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 15 more54 min

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.