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Mesoscale Discussion 2271

September 24, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 24, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 136 counties

Mobile County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Ascension Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2005-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 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 2005-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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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
Sep 24, 5:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile32 min
Sep 24, 10:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Mobile, Washington2 hr
Sep 24, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMobile3 hr
Sep 24, 2:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile93 min
Sep 24, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMobile5 hr
Sep 24, 12:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada3 hr
Sep 24, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCleburne, Conway, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Garland and 17 more5 hr
Sep 24, 1:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette and 9 more54 min
Sep 24, 5:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 45 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.