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Mesoscale Discussion 2125

November 26, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 26, 2012, 6:44 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2012, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2012, 8:15 PM CST
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 56 counties

Union County, AR, Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Angelina County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1013 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
1013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

625 
ACUS11 KWNS 270044
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 270044 
MSZ000-LAZ000-ARZ000-TXZ000-270215-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2125
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0644 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN TX...NRN/CNTRL/WRN LA...FAR SRN
AR...SWRN/W-CNTRL MS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 270044Z - 270215Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

SUMMARY...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY ACROSS PARTS OF NERN TX
AND NWRN LA...AND THE ISSUANCE OF A SVR TSTM WATCH IS POSSIBLE.

DISCUSSION...OBSERVED SOUNDINGS FROM SHREVEPORT INDICATE COOLING
WITHIN THE 730-600-MB LAYER FROM 18Z TO 00Z...POTENTIALLY INDICATING
THE INCREASE IN LARGE-SCALE ASCENT DOWNSTREAM OF A MID-LEVEL VORT
MAX SOON TO EMERGE OVER CNTRL/SRN TX. THE ASCENT/COOLING HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO DESTABILIZATION...WITH THE 00Z SHREVEPORT RAOB
INDICATING AROUND 1100 J/KG OF MLCAPE WITH AROUND 20 J/KG MLCIN.
RADAR RETURNS HAVE BEEN NOTED FROM RUSK COUNTY TX TO BOSSIER PARISH
LA...WHICH IS THE MANIFESTATION OF ONGOING CONVECTIVE INITIATION AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW...WITH MESOSCALE ASCENT ENHANCED
BY CONVERGENCE AROUND A WEAK SUB-SYNOPTIC-SCALE CYCLONE POSITIONED
NEAR SHREVEPORT. STORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...POTENTIALLY EVOLVING INTO ONE OR MORE
SQUALL LINES NEAR/JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AMIDST 20-35 KT OF
EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR. SVR WINDS/HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH
THIS ACTIVITY...MAINLY TO THE W OF A NNW/SSE-ORIENTED CONFLUENCE
AXIS/WARM FRONT ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF LA. WEAKER INSTABILITY
FARTHER E TOWARD THE MS RIVER INTO WRN MS AND N INTO FAR SRN AR MAY
MITIGATE THE THREAT WITH TIME...WHERE WW ISSUANCE IS RELATIVELY LESS
LIKELY.

..COHEN/DARROW.. 11/27/2012

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LZK...LCH...SHV...HGX...

LAT...LON   29849303 29549484 30929543 32149468 33189347 33289272
            33159198 32819123 31989096 31139139 30359203 29849303

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 10:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Chicot3 hr

Nearby

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