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Mesoscale Discussion 941

June 1, 202629 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Florida; 15 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2026, 4:46 PM CDT for 29 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Florida; 15 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2026, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 261...264
All 51 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Gadsden County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Terrell County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 9:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 3 more2 hr
Jun 1, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 44 more12 hr
Jun 1, 2:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 18 more117 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 5 more3 hr
Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Carroll, Coweta, Crawford, Fayette, Harris and 15 more65 min
Jun 1, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp and 25 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.