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Mesoscale Discussion 440

April 5, 20176 counties in Alabama; 75 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2017, 9:43 AM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama; 75 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2017, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2017, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 97 counties

Barbour County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2017-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 703 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 2017-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 11:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more2 hr
Apr 5, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 42 more6 hr
Apr 5, 3:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 38 more2 hr
Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more90 min
Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 44 more8 hr
Apr 5, 11:54 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston10 hr
Apr 5, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale and 8 more2 hr
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 36 more8 hr
Apr 5, 2:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Dale, Henry, Houston, Lee and 2 more93 min
Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 3 more3 hr
Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 19 more84 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 20 more48 min
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Butts and 45 more95 min
Apr 5, 10:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 52 more97 min
Apr 5, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 22 more61 min
Apr 5, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Lee, Marion, Williamsburg58 min
Apr 5, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more5 hr
Apr 5, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkeley, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry and 2 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.