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Mesoscale Discussion 1865

October 13, 20146 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 13, 2014, 6:34 AM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2014, 6:34 AM CDT (11:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 129 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bell County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 30 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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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, 2:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more92 min
Oct 13, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more8 hr
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, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, Grenada, Itawamba and 10 more89 min
Oct 13, 2:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 32 more113 min
Oct 13, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCItawamba, Monroe, Tishomingo63 min
Oct 13, 8:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Howell, Iron and 13 more115 min
Oct 13, 10:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Franklin, Iron and 16 more8 hr
Oct 13, 11:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 2 more61 min
Oct 13, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Scott and 1 more57 min
Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 35 more8 hr
Oct 12, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 31 more7 hr
Oct 12, 9:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Fisher, Foard, Haskell and 10 more58 min
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 Arkansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.