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Mesoscale Discussion 499

April 20, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 20, 2011, 10:22 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2011, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw 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, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2011-04-21Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2011-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Apr 20, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah and 15 more6 hr
Apr 21, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Clark, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Franklin and 19 more65 min
Apr 21, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Conway and 22 more7 hr
Apr 21, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan and 7 more92 min
Apr 21, 10:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle and 4 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.