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Mesoscale Discussion 975
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2025, 4:52 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama; 13 counties in Georgia; 10 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2025, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2025, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 324
All 25 counties
DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 5 more | 118 min |
| May 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catoosa | 85 min |
| May 25, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brantley, Bryan, Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Evans and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 8 hr |
| May 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 87 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.