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Mesoscale Discussion 437

March 30, 20059 counties in Arkansas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 12 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2005, 3:06 PM CST for 9 counties in Arkansas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 12 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2005, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2005-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 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
Mar 30, 5:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany and 3 more96 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany and 4 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.