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Mesoscale Discussion 452

April 11, 20075 parishes in Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2007, 4:36 AM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2007, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2007, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 317 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2007-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2007-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 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
200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
552 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Apr 11, 2:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMorehouse, Union, West Carroll116 min
Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEast Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll5 hr
Apr 11, 7:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 9 more60 min
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 19 more59 min
Apr 11, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Neshoba and 3 more5 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.