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Mesoscale Discussion 331

March 20, 200618 parishes in Louisiana; 8 counties in Mississippi; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2006, 9:20 AM CST for 18 parishes in Louisiana; 8 counties in Mississippi; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2006, 9:20 AM CST (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2006, 10:45 AM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Newton County, TX, Polk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, Tyler County, TX

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2006-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 201520
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 201520 
MSZ000-LAZ000-TXZ000-201645-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0331
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0920 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN TX / CNTRL AND SRN LA / SRN MS

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 101...

VALID 201520Z - 201645Z

WW 101 WILL EXPIRE AT 16Z AND A REPLACEMENT TORNADO WATCH WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED.

AS OF 15Z...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO
POTENTIALLY SEVERE /SLIGHTLY ELEVATED/ TSTMS FROM NEAR LFK SWD TO 40
NW BPT EXTENDING EWD INTO CNTRL LA NEAR ESF.  MESOANALYSIS AND VAD
DATA INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY BEING DRIVEN BY LOW-LEVEL
WAA ALONG AND JUST TO THE N OF WARM FRONTAL/OUTFLOW COMPOSITE
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NW OF BPT TO JUST N OF MCB.  A MOIST
LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS EXISTS S OF THIS BOUNDARY...CHARACTERIZED BY
DEWPOINTS OF 65-70 F.  

THIS MOISTURE COUPLED WITH INCREASED DIABATIC HEATING ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS WARM SECTOR
WITH MLCAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG.  THIS INSTABILITY IN CONJUNCTION
WITH RELATIVELY STRONG LOW AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR /I.E. 0-1 KM SRH OF
300-400 M2/S2 AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 50-60 KTS/ ARE RESULTING
IN AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES...PRIMARILY ALONG OR JUST TO THE S OF THIS W-E ORIENTED
BAROCLINIC ZONE...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LIFT SLOWLY NWD.  LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

FARTHER TO THE W...ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE RECENTLY
DEVELOPED ALONG COLD FRONT NW OF UTS.  GIVEN THE RELATIVE CLOSE
PROXIMITY OF THESE STORMS TO COLD POOL EMANATING FROM AFOREMENTIONED
TSTM CLUSTER...THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BECOME SLIGHTLY ELEVATED
WITH TIME WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. THE APPARENT GREATER
SEVERE THREAT HERE WOULD BE ALONG SRN EXTENSION OF COLD FRONT NE OF
PSX WHERE INFLOW AIR MASS REMAINS UNCONTAMINATED.

..MEAD.. 03/20/2006

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...HGX...

30129498 31039501 31379398 31729105 31729009 31188998
30479049 30139370

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 3:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeauregard, Calcasieu24 min
Mar 20, 4:21 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Grant and 6 more24 min
Mar 20, 4:44 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more5 hr
Mar 20, 6:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon54 min
Mar 20, 9:53 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula and 19 more7 hr
Mar 20, 2:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula and 19 more93 min
Mar 20, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 6 more7 hr
Mar 20, 5:47 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeorge, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 2 more118 min
Mar 19, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Deaf Smith and 12 more7 hr
Mar 19, 8:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 39 more7 hr
Mar 19, 8:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson and 17 more2 hr
Mar 19, 9:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Coke and 33 more5 hr
Mar 19, 10:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos and 28 more118 min
Mar 19, 11:37 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos and 28 more83 min
Mar 20, 1:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee and 59 more64 min
Mar 20, 2:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Cottle and 17 more67 min
Mar 20, 12:47 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger88 min

Nearby

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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.