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Mesoscale Discussion 1127

June 22, 201723 counties in Arkansas; 17 counties in Mississippi; 5 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2017, 6:59 PM CDT for 23 counties in Arkansas; 17 counties in Mississippi; 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2017, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 45 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2017-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 163 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 2017-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot85 min
Jun 22, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot9 hr
Jun 22, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot87 min
Jun 21, 9:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more2 hr
Jun 22, 2:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 14 more96 min
Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 37 more10 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.