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Mesoscale Discussion 402

March 26, 200520 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2005, 3:14 PM CST for 20 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 1:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 30 more2 hr
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 10 more7 hr
Mar 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula and 20 more8 hr
Mar 26, 9:07 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeorge, Greene, Jackson113 min
Mar 26, 4:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 3 more2 hr
Mar 26, 5:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Newton and 2 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.