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Mesoscale Discussion 261

March 25, 20097 counties in Arkansas; 7 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 25, 2009, 2:42 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; 7 parishes in Louisiana; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2009, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Delta County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2009-03-25Temperature 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-133 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 24, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Franklin, Grant, Jackson and 10 more2 hr
Mar 24, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAvoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Grant and 11 more5 hr
Mar 25, 2:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAvoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 2 more85 min
Mar 25, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAvoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle and 6 more91 min
Mar 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more6 hr
Mar 25, 10:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burleson and 40 more65 min
Mar 25, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 47 more7 hr
Mar 25, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 48 more114 min
Mar 25, 1:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 31 more87 min
Mar 25, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 36 more7 hr
Mar 25, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Hill and 8 more88 min
Mar 25, 3:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 31 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.