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Mesoscale Discussion 2114

August 6, 2003Choctaw County, Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; 37 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 6, 2003, 9:34 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; 37 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2003, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Choctaw County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4421 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
4421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Mobile, Washington5 hr
Aug 7, 12:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Copiah, Covington, Hinds, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 9 more37 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.