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Mesoscale Discussion 1060

June 4, 20124 counties in Arkansas; 7 parishes in Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2012, 8:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 7 parishes in Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2012, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 38 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2012-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1465 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 2012-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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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
Jun 4, 9:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi94 min
Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMississippi6 hr
Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEast Carroll, West Carroll4 hr
Jun 4, 11:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Carroll61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.