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Mesoscale Discussion 995

May 31, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2012, 11:59 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2012, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 64 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba 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, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2012-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1245 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 2012-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

700 
ACUS11 KWNS 311700
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 311659
TNZ000-MSZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-311800-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0995
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1159 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN AR...NRN MS...WRN TN...BOOTHEEL OF MO

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 311659Z - 311800Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

SUMMARY...STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS SERN AR AND NRN MS...WITH DMGG WINDS AND HAIL LIKELY AS
CONVECTION BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED.

DISCUSSION...A LINGERING MCV FROM EARLIER CONVECTION NOTED S OF
LITTLE ROCK WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EWD...GRADUALLY INITIATING NEW
CONVECTION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE APPEARANCE ON VISIBLE
IMAGERY IS INDICATIVE OF STABILITY...THE MCV IS APPROACHING AN AREA
THAT REMAINS MOIST AND HAS BEEN DESTABILIZING AMIDST AMPLE SURFACE
HEATING. ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMENT FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT OVER ERN AR CONTINUES EWD COINCIDENT WITH
THE MCV.

FARTHER S...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AN AREA OF
SURFACE CONVERGENCE...WITHIN THE MOIST/UNSTABLE SECTOR. THESE STORMS
MAY APPROACH THE EDGE OF WW327 SHORTLY...AND A NEW WW IS BEING
CONSIDERED DOWNSTREAM. THE 12Z JAN SOUNDING INDICATES MINIMAL
CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...WITH STEEPING LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
BECOMING SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST UPDRAFTS. DEEP-LAYER WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO STRENGTHEN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING
UPPER TROUGH...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A MORE ORGANIZED THREAT WITH
TIME.

..HURLBUT/WEISS.. 05/31/2012

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

ATTN...WFO...MEG...JAN...LZK...

LAT...LON   33109210 34749135 36159018 36378905 36098851 35308842
            34278871 33568889 32078927 32029016 32139057 32679069
            32999093 33059119 33109210

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more8 hr
May 30, 11:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington114 min
May 31, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Washington83 min
May 31, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more6 hr
May 31, 2:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Phillips67 min
May 31, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Issaquena and 5 more6 hr
May 31, 1:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 36 more67 min
May 31, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 18 more5 hr
May 31, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPrentiss, Tishomingo2 hr
May 31, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot64 min
May 31, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMississippi, New Madrid6 hr
May 31, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson and 23 more4 hr

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.