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Mesoscale Discussion 1068

June 3, 200433 parishes in Louisiana; 13 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2004, 1:28 AM CDT for 33 parishes in Louisiana; 13 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2004, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1765 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 19 more92 min
Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 22 more6 hr
Jun 2, 10:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 23 more54 min
Jun 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 25 more6 hr
Jun 2, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more65 min
Jun 3, 1:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 22 more2 hr
Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Denton and 9 more94 min
Jun 3, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 32 more94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.