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Mesoscale Discussion 312

March 29, 201121 parishes in Louisiana; 14 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 29, 2011, 8:56 PM CDT for 21 parishes in Louisiana; 14 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2011, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2011-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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 2011-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 7:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 15 more95 min
Mar 29, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more7 hr
Mar 29, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more7 hr
Mar 29, 10:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 7 more90 min
Mar 29, 11:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, Grant, LaSalle, Madison and 1 more2 hr
Mar 29, 8:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 7 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.