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Mesoscale Discussion 326

March 25, 20176 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 25, 2017, 1:05 AM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2017, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2017, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 43 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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
Mar 24, 8:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita66 min
Mar 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 13 more6 hr
Mar 24, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway and 29 more54 min
Mar 24, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Chicot64 min
Mar 25, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot5 hr
Mar 25, 3:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes and 10 more54 min
Mar 25, 12:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson3 hr
Mar 25, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Grenada and 9 more116 min

Nearby

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