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Mesoscale Discussion 1839

November 29, 201619 parishes in Louisiana; 24 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 29, 2016, 12:38 PM CST for 19 parishes in Louisiana; 24 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2016, 12:38 PM CST (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2016, 2:45 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 43 counties

Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2016-11-29Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

287 
ACUS11 KWNS 291838
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 291838 
MSZ000-LAZ000-ARZ000-292045-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1839
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1238 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LA INTO PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 291838Z - 292045Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT

SUMMARY...A VERY GRADUAL INCREASE IN WARM-SECTOR CONVECTION ONGOING
AT THIS TIME MAY YIELD LOCAL/ISOLATED SEVERE RISK IN THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO.  AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS A WATCH WILL NOT BE NEEDED IN THE
IMMEDIATE TERM...BUT MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY NECESSARY ASSUMING A
CONTINUED/GRADUAL INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE.

DISCUSSION...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE AND RADAR LOOPS REVEAL GRADUAL
INCREASES IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE/INTENSITY WITHIN HORIZONTAL
CONVECTIVE ROLLS...OCCURRING IN A MOIST (LOW 70S DEWPOINTS)
WARM-SECTOR THAT IS GRADUALLY HEATING/DESTABILIZING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.  A COUPLE OF SHOWERS HAVE EVOLVED...ALONG WITH A LONE
THUNDERSTORM NOW ONGOING NEAR THE CATAHOULA/CONCORDIA PARISH LINE. 

SHEAR PROFILES WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR -- THOUGH LACKING A BIT WITH
RESPECT TO LOW-LEVEL SHEAR -- REMAIN QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF
ORGANIZED/ROTATING UPDRAFTS...AS MID-LEVEL FLOW NEAR 75 KT FROM THE
SOUTHWEST REMAINS ATOP THE REGION.  INDEED...THE AFOREMENTIONED
THUNDERSTORM HAS SHOWN WEAK ROTATION/SUPERCELL STRUCTURE ON RADAR...
AND EXPECT THAT ANY ADDITIONAL UPDRAFTS WHICH EVOLVE AND BECOME
SUSTAINED TO LIKEWISE ACQUIRE ROTATION.  WHILE A WATCH IS NOT
IMMINENT DUE TO WHAT SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED STORM COVERAGE OVER THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO...THE CONTINUED/GRADUAL INCREASE IN STORMS/SEVERE
RISK MAY REQUIRE WATCH CONSIDERATION IN THE 19-20Z TIME FRAME.

..GOSS.. 11/29/2016

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...

LAT...LON   30749346 31219351 32649242 33359069 32658935 31458925
            31169002 30849229 30749346

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 6:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington2 hr
Nov 28, 8:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington and 1 more96 min
Nov 28, 11:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLivingston, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington3 hr
Nov 29, 9:51 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, De Soto, Franklin, Grant and 10 more84 min
Nov 29, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant and 12 more7 hr
Nov 29, 4:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 2 more55 min
Nov 29, 5:37 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 12 more2 hr
Nov 29, 3:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay and 17 more2 hr
Nov 29, 3:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 12 more7 hr
Nov 29, 5:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCItawamba, Tishomingo96 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.