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Mesoscale Discussion 1864

October 13, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 13, 2014, 2:43 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2014, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-404 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 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
Oct 12, 8:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 13 more86 min
Oct 13, 12:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington90 min
Oct 13, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 27 more7 hr
Oct 13, 1:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more91 min
Oct 13, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more8 hr
Oct 13, 6:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 36 more86 min
Oct 13, 6:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Dallas and 17 more64 min
Oct 13, 7:08 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 44 more7 hr
Oct 13, 10:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead and 22 more115 min
Oct 13, 11:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 6 more113 min
Oct 13, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChicot, Clay, Crittenden, Mississippi7 hr
Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more8 hr
Oct 13, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more8 hr
Oct 13, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist and 4 more90 min
Oct 12, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 29 more7 hr
Oct 12, 9:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more58 min
Oct 12, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 31 more7 hr
Oct 12, 10:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 20 more58 min
Oct 12, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 29 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.