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Mesoscale Discussion 287

March 26, 2011Ashley County, Chicot County, Union County, Arkansas; 11 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2011, 9:33 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Union County, Arkansas; 11 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2011, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Union County, AR, Caldwell Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2011-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 931 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 00:00Z on 2011-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.8

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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
Mar 26, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 2 more58 min
Mar 27, 1:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 11 more64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.