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Mesoscale Discussion 779
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2008, 7:09 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2008, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 137 counties
Colbert County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Winston County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Sabine County, TX
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 11:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 2 more | 86 min |
| May 3, 2:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 2 more | 59 min |
| May 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 3, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Chilton, Clarke, Conecuh and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 7:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mobile | 54 min |
| May 3, 9:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 3 more | 86 min |
| May 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Saint Landry, West Feliciana | 56 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.