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Mesoscale Discussion 2100

September 2, 201121 parishes in Louisiana; Hancock County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 2, 2011, 11:32 PM CDT for 21 parishes in Louisiana; Hancock County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2011, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2011, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS

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 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-03Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2011-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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
Sep 3, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans and 10 more8 hr
Sep 3, 7:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles and 3 more119 min
Sep 3, 9:41 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia and 24 more12 hr
Sep 3, 1:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline and 25 more64 min
Sep 3, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Concordia and 28 more2 hr

Nearby

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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.