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Mesoscale Discussion 2197

November 14, 200610 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 14, 2006, 11:16 AM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 14, 2006, 11:16 AM CST (17:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2006, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 89 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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.

Tornado Watch 849Nov 14, 12:35 PM CST

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 13 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.8

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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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 12:34 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 27 more	6 hr
Nov 14, 2:40 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 24 more	95 min
Nov 14, 5:49 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 14 more	56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006 Every 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.