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Mesoscale Discussion 1422

July 6, 20125 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 6, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties

Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lee County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1117 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Jul 6, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale84 min
Jul 6, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion5 hr
Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 6 more4 hr
Jul 6, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Greene, Mississippi93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.