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Mesoscale Discussion 1105

June 5, 2011Columbia County, Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; 10 parishes in Louisiana; 87 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT for Columbia County, Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; 10 parishes in Louisiana; 87 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 100 counties

Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Hays County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 258 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2284 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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
Jun 5, 12:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 13 more64 min
Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot2 hr
Jun 5, 11:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville and 16 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.