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Mesoscale Discussion 842

June 5, 201411 counties in Alabama; 23 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2014, 5:10 PM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; 23 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2014, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 884 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
884 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Jun 4, 11:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLimestone97 min
Jun 5, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison91 min
Jun 5, 1:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarion53 min
Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 19 more6 hr
Jun 5, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 54 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.