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Mesoscale Discussion 1662

August 31, 20214 counties in Alabama; 24 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 31, 2021, 3:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; 24 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2021, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 28 counties

Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Russell County, AL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Harris County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 4:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBullock, Chambers, Cleburne, Crenshaw, Lee, Macon and 4 more89 min
Aug 31, 7:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHenry2 hr
Aug 31, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston91 min
Aug 31, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanks, Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke and 47 more117 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2021Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2021Every mesoscale discussion in 2021

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.