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Mesoscale Discussion 574

April 27, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 27, 2017, 3:29 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2017, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 30 counties

Banks County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hart County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, White County, GA, Buncombe County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Unicoi County, TN

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 270 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 2017-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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 2017-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-363 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 10:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Stewart and 1 more2 hr
Apr 27, 1:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts, Chattahoochee and 45 more90 min
Apr 27, 1:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts, Chattahoochee and 44 more8 hr
Apr 27, 4:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Butts and 66 more97 min
Apr 27, 7:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Hancock and 22 more64 min
Apr 26, 8:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin and 8 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 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.