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Mesoscale Discussion 656
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch possible
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 39 counties
Cherokee County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Macon County, NC, Bradley County, TN, Polk County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
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 6, 12:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| May 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Marengo, Mobile, Sumter and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 45 more | 8 hr |
| May 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 37 more | 113 min |
| May 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 65 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026
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.