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Mesoscale Discussion 70
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 25, 2012, 1:41 PM CST for 19 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2012, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 251942
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 251941
LAZ000-MSZ000-TXZ000-252115-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0070
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0141 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...LA INTO WRN MS
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 15...
VALID 251941Z - 252115Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 15 CONTINUES.
THE TORNADO AND SEVERE WIND THREAT PERSISTS ACROSS TORNADO WATCH
15...AND A REPLACEMENT WATCH IS LIKELY.
LINE OF CONVECTION WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS AND MESOCYCLONES IS NEAR THE
SABINE RIVER...ORIENTED NNE TO SSW. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE
THAT THE WARM FRONT HAS SHIFTED NWD TO THE LA/AR BORDER AND ACROSS
NWRN MS...WITH TEMPERATURES NOW IN THE MID 70S F. THUS...THERE MAY
BE SOME INCREASE IN WIND POTENTIAL WITH THE APPROACHING BOWS NOW
OVER NRN LA.
TO THE S...POCKETS OF HEATING HAVE YIELDED SCATTERED SHOWERS AHEAD
OF THE MAIN LINE...AND NEAR A SECONDARY WARM/MOIST FRONT DELINEATING
LOW 60S DEWPOINTS TO THE N AND UPPER 60S TO THE S. WITH THE INFLUX
OF BETTER MOISTURE...AND VERY FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES AS SEEN ON 18Z
LCH SOUNDING...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES REMAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER
CNTRL AND SRN LA.
..JEWELL.. 01/25/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...
LAT...LON 29409136 29519422 30069379 31169355 31319334 31379262
31119175 30729124 30299117 29709111 29409136SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:24 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Cameron, Catahoula and 24 more | 86 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.