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Mesoscale Discussion 126

February 24, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2011, 2:12 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2011, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2011, 3:45 PM CST
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Calloway County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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
Feb 24, 5:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion94 min
Feb 24, 10:34 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarland, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 7 more56 min
Feb 24, 11:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 38 more9 hr
Feb 24, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 14 more7 hr
Feb 24, 2:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 31 more66 min
Feb 24, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.