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Mesoscale Discussion 805

May 27, 2015Choctaw County, Sumter County, Alabama; 32 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2015, 11:51 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Sumter County, Alabama; 32 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2015, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 34 counties

Choctaw County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1302 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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
May 27, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAttala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington and 24 more4 hr
May 27, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper and 13 more93 min

Nearby

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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.