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Mesoscale Discussion 355

March 27, 20078 counties in Arkansas; 7 parishes in Louisiana; 18 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2007, 4:25 PM CDT for 8 counties in Arkansas; 7 parishes in Louisiana; 18 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2007, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Phillips County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2007-03-27Temperature 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 2007-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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
Mar 27, 11:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 9 more2 hr
Mar 27, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 15 more9 hr
Mar 27, 2:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Union87 min
Mar 27, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Desha2 hr
Mar 27, 6:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 28 more64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.