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Mesoscale Discussion 409

April 5, 20229 counties in Alabama; 42 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2022, 12:22 PM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; 42 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2022, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2022, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 95...96
All 51 counties

Barbour County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay 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, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2022-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 6:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 9 more3 hr
Apr 5, 6:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 27 more8 hr
Apr 5, 8:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 17 more90 min
Apr 5, 10:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more90 min
Apr 5, 1:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeneva55 min
Apr 5, 10:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 64 more2 hr
Apr 5, 11:03 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 69 more7 hr
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Charlton and 16 more115 min
Apr 5, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler and 20 more6 hr
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 40 more90 min
Apr 5, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Bacon, Ben Hill, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 24 more83 min
Apr 5, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 1 more90 min

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.