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Mesoscale Discussion 500

April 21, 201145 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2011, 2:05 AM EDT for 45 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2011, 2:05 AM EDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2011, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2011-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 316 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 2011-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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
Apr 21, 2:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 51 more2 hr
Apr 21, 4:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Lincoln and 5 more96 min
Apr 21, 5:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 22 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.