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Mesoscale Discussion 75

January 12, 200521 counties in Arkansas; LeFlore County, McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2005, 7:52 PM CST for 21 counties in Arkansas; LeFlore County, McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2005, 7:52 PM CST (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 9:15 PM CST
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Clark County, AR, Conway County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Yell County, AR, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Delta County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Milam County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Walker County, TX, Wood County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2005-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 242 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2005-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 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
242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.2

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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
Jan 12, 6:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more88 min
Jan 12, 9:28 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Independence and 5 more32 min
Jan 12, 10:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 44 more59 min
Jan 12, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne and 27 more5 hr
Jan 13, 2:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChicot7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.