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Mesoscale Discussion 2255

December 22, 2007Chicot County, Arkansas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 24 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 22, 2007, 3:51 PM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 24 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2007, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2007, 4:45 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Chicot County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 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
Dec 22, 12:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 10 more97 min
Dec 22, 2:38 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.