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Mesoscale Discussion 1102

June 21, 20159 counties in Alabama; 60 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2015, 1:24 PM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; 60 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2015, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2015, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 69 counties

Barbour County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2015-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1550 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 2015-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 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
1550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 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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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.