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Mesoscale Discussion 783

May 14, 201120 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 11 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT for 20 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2011, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2011, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1147 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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
May 13, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Lamar, Lauderdale and 6 more62 min
May 14, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough and 8 more59 min
May 14, 5:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.