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Mesoscale Discussion 1910

August 8, 20116 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 8, 2011, 11:27 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2011, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4035 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
12.0

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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
Aug 8, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 30 more116 min
Aug 8, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 12 more7 hr
Aug 8, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lee, Lincoln, Monroe and 2 more6 hr
Aug 8, 11:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 32 more2 hr
Aug 9, 2:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Benton, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner and 26 more84 min
Aug 9, 1:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Hinds, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake and 9 more115 min
Aug 9, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.