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Mesoscale Discussion 1763

July 10, 2003Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 8 parishes in Louisiana; 38 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2003, 2:05 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 8 parishes in Louisiana; 38 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2003, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Caldwell Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1934 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 9:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 7 more60 min
Jul 10, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas and 5 more5 hr
Jul 10, 10:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss and 3 more97 min
Jul 10, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAttala, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 16 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.