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Mesoscale Discussion 365

April 2, 200930 counties in Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; 38 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2009, 8:01 AM CDT for 30 counties in Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; 38 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2009, 8:01 AM CDT (13:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pike County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2009-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1573 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2009-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 2, 1:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller58 min
Apr 2, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union6 hr
Apr 2, 7:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita and 1 more54 min
Apr 2, 9:24 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot7 hr
Apr 2, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Grant and 12 more85 min
Apr 2, 3:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Chicot, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips54 min
Apr 2, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Chicot, Cross, Desha, Drew, Jefferson and 9 more4 hr
Apr 2, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 7 more84 min
Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Mississippi3 hr
Apr 2, 5:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPlaquemines63 min
Apr 2, 11:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 13 more84 min
Apr 2, 6:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne8 hr
Apr 2, 10:53 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more4 hr
Apr 2, 1:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Kemper and 6 more66 min
Apr 2, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.