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Mesoscale Discussion 1052

June 16, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2017, 12:05 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2017, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 105 counties

Choctaw County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Ascension Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2017-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1545 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 2017-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
1545 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Pickens, Sumter, Washington2 hr
Jun 16, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 7 more56 min
Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington6 hr
Jun 16, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Crittenden, Lee, Phillips10 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.