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Mesoscale Discussion 1107

June 21, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2017, 7:47 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2017, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2017, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, George County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Stone County, MS

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 485 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Jun 20, 9:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Mobile57 min
Jun 20, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile12 hr
Jun 21, 2:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Mobile2 hr
Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile9 hr
Jun 21, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Mobile93 min
Jun 21, 6:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Washington61 min
Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 5 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.