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Mesoscale Discussion 149

February 23, 20145 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 23, 2014, 3:35 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2014, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 52 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Decatur County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 2014-02-23Temperature 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 2014-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 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
Feb 23, 7:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Marion, Putnam and 2 more2 hr
Feb 23, 12:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Citrus, Flagler, Indian River, Lake, Marion and 5 more115 min
Feb 23, 3:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and 1 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.