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Mesoscale Discussion 487

April 10, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 10, 2012, 1:56 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2012, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Drew County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Pike County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Delta County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2012-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 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 2012-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1193 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

800 
ACUS11 KWNS 101857
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 101856
ARZ000-LAZ000-TXZ000-OKZ000-102000-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0487
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0156 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN OK INTO ARKLATEX

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 101856Z - 102000Z

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT DUE TO ISOLATED NATURE...A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

1830Z VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS CU FIELDS GRADUALLY INCREASING IN THE
VICINITY OF TWO SEPARATE SURFACE FEATURES...A STATIONARY FRONT
EXTENDING INTO A REMNANT CONVECTIVELY INDUCED SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM
NRN AL/MS WWD INTO CNTRL OK...AND AN AREA OF SURFACE CONFLUENCE
NOTED FROM E CNTRL TX INTO CNTRL MS. AMPLE SURFACE HEATING AND A
MOIST AIR MASS CHARACTERIZED BY DEW POINTS IN THE 60S HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO MODERATE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...A SUBTLE WARM LAYER
LIKELY STILL EXISTS AROUND 750 MB...EVIDENCED BY THE PREDOMINANTLY
STABLE APPEARANCE OF THE CLOUD FIELDS ON VISIBLE IMAGERY /WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF NRN LA WHERE MORE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOTED/. MODEL
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE STABLE LAYER SHOULD GRADUALLY ERODE
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SUPPORTING MORE ROBUST UPDRAFTS WITH
TIME. MORE PROBLEMATIC IS SOMEWHAT NEBULOUS UPPER FORCING...ALTHOUGH
THE LA CONVECTION IS LIKELY RESPONDING TO A DECAYING UPPER
WAVE...NOTED ON WV IMAGERY FROM CNTRL TX INTO SRN MS/LA. FARTHER N
WHERE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY EXISTS OVER SERN OK INTO SRN AR HAS
NO NOTABLE UPPER FEATURE TO INSTIGATE DEEP MOIST CONVECTION...AND
MAY POSSIBLY BE SUPPRESSED IN SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWING THE
AFOREMENTIONED WAVE. AS SUCH...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED...THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ISOLATED.

..HURLBUT.. 04/10/2012

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

ATTN...WFO...JAN...LZK...LCH...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...

LAT...LON   33209516 33359585 34039589 34499511 34229336 34099178
            33719136 32459135 31509164 31439281 31809427 32449489
            33209516

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

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Apr 10, 12:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman23 min
Apr 10, 3:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Roger Mills, Texas115 min
Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 25 more57 min
Apr 10, 12:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Pecos, Presidio, Terrell35 min

Nearby

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