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Mesoscale Discussion 2126

October 16, 200639 parishes in Louisiana; 16 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 16, 2006, 3:37 PM CDT for 39 parishes in Louisiana; 16 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2006, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pike County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Sabine County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2542 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 560 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
2542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
560 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
719 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
11.5
Supercell composite
47.4

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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
Oct 15, 10:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalcasieu, Cameron63 min
Oct 15, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more7 hr
Oct 16, 1:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche and 11 more94 min
Oct 16, 2:13 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans and 6 more4 hr
Oct 16, 3:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 12 more95 min
Oct 16, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 22 more88 min
Oct 16, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more5 hr
Oct 16, 7:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDe Soto, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and 1 more84 min
Oct 16, 10:37 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 27 more9 hr
Oct 16, 12:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 30 more96 min
Oct 16, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 13 more64 min
Oct 16, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more3 hr
Oct 16, 5:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Bernard23 min
Oct 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 12 more8 hr
Oct 16, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron and 11 more26 min
Oct 16, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 9 more7 hr
Oct 16, 3:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina and 3 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.