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Mesoscale Discussion 1171

June 15, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2012, 1:41 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2012, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 31 counties

Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Houston County, TX, Leon County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2084 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
2084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more93 min
Jun 14, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more5 hr
Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 11 more53 min
Jun 15, 1:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton65 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 15 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.