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Mesoscale Discussion 2276

September 25, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 25, 2005, 3:07 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2005, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 91 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia 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, Dunklin County, MO, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Chicot and 34 more7 hr
Sep 24, 11:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleburne, Cleveland and 30 more89 min
Sep 25, 3:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 15 more9 hr
Sep 25, 9:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 3 more88 min
Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo8 hr
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 26 more6 hr
Sep 25, 1:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 33 more114 min
Sep 25, 3:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 33 more94 min
Sep 25, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake and 11 more55 min
Sep 25, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Itawamba, Jasper and 15 more6 hr
Sep 25, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clark and 22 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.