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Mesoscale Discussion 2061
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 2, 2003, 12:22 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas; 4 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2003, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 3013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 13 more | 97 min |
| Aug 2, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Izard and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Crawford and 10 more | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 14 more | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Concordia, Tensas | 91 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.