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Mesoscale Discussion 926

June 9, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2014, 3:43 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2014, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2014-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 2014-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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
Jun 8, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 15 more88 min
Jun 8, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 20 more7 hr
Jun 8, 10:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 19 more97 min
Jun 9, 9:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 11 more2 hr
Jun 9, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 16 more7 hr
Jun 9, 1:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Craighead, Crittenden and 14 more96 min
Jun 9, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more5 hr
Jun 9, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot83 min
Jun 8, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee2 hr
Jun 9, 2:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Grenada and 24 more83 min
Jun 9, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 35 more96 min
Jun 9, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Clay, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 15 more8 hr
Jun 9, 5:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 9 more26 min
Jun 9, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 9 more8 hr
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes and 7 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.