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Mesoscale Discussion 247

March 12, 201211 parishes in Louisiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 12, 2012, 8:55 AM CDT for 11 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2012, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1900 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

251 
ACUS11 KWNS 121356
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 121355
LAZ000-121500-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0247
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0855 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN LA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 121355Z - 121500Z

A THREAT FOR ISOLATED DMGG WIND GUSTS...AND PERHAPS A BRIEF/WEAK
TORNADO...MAY EXIST THROUGH LATE MORNING ACROSS SRN LA. A WW IS NOT
CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...BUT CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
MONITORED.

WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A FOCUSED ZONE OF ASCENT ACCOMPANYING A WEAK
UPPER IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS THE WRN GULF...OVERSPREADING A NEARLY
STATIONARY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY /ANALYZED 20 WNW LFT TO 30 S BTR TO 15
NNW BVE AT 13Z/. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE LOOSELY ORGANIZED TSTMS
DEVELOPING FROM SWRN INTO S-CNTRL LA...WITH THE STRONGER CELLS
OCCASIONALLY EXHIBITING WEAK ROTATION. LOCALLY ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL
HELICITY ALONG/N OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY /WITH 10-15 KTS OF ESELY
0-1 KM AGL LAYER FLOW AND 20-30 KTS OF SWLY MIDLEVEL FLOW/  SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR WEAKLY ROTATING TSTMS. AS
SUCH...WITH A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER / LOW LCL/S PRESENT...A THREAT
FOR A BRIEF/WEAK TORNADO AND/OR DMGG WIND GUST MAY EXIST
ALONG/IMMEDIATELY N OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. EVOLUTION OF ONGOING
TSTMS IS SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR...BUT WITH STRONG SFC
HEATING/DESTABILIZATION LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER SERN LA...ACTIVITY MAY
PERSIST WELL INTO THE LATE MORNING.

..ROGERS.. 03/12/2012

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

ATTN...WFO...LIX...LCH...

LAT...LON   29599041 29799110 29969180 30039235 30009276 30179296
            30489280 30659246 30709206 30679179 30579131 30489097
            30139044 29769031 29599041

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 8:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Evangeline and 7 more91 min
Mar 11, 11:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville and 11 more88 min
Mar 12, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Charles and 5 more2 hr
Mar 12, 4:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll58 min

Nearby

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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.