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Mesoscale Discussion 48

January 13, 20068 parishes in Louisiana; 62 counties in Mississippi; 24 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 13, 2006, 1:47 AM CST for 8 parishes in Louisiana; 62 counties in Mississippi; 24 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2006, 1:47 AM CST (07:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2006, 3:15 AM CST
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 94 counties

East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Alcorn County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-13Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 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
Jan 12, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster7 hr
Jan 12, 9:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Caddo, Webster83 min
Jan 12, 11:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more95 min
Jan 12, 11:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 15 more6 hr
Jan 13, 1:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Webster37 min
Jan 13, 2:14 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge and 28 more8 hr
Jan 13, 4:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 1 more60 min
Jan 13, 5:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 22 more85 min
Jan 13, 7:11 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Perry, Stone and 1 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.