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Mesoscale Discussion 466

April 14, 20139 parishes in Louisiana; Jackson County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2013, 6:50 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2013, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2013, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%

Counties Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -112 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 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.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 11:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville and 17 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.