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Mesoscale Discussion 347

March 27, 20175 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2017, 3:39 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2017, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties

Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Webster County, KY, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2017-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2017-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-250 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Howard, Little River, Logan, Miller and 4 more6 hr
Mar 27, 12:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarland, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Logan and 8 more61 min
Mar 27, 11:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett3 hr
Mar 27, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more8 hr
Mar 27, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChicot7 hr
Mar 27, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot87 min
Mar 27, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 30 more2 hr
Mar 27, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more8 hr
Mar 27, 4:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 71 more92 min
Mar 27, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 25 more5 hr
Mar 27, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Simpson91 min
Mar 27, 12:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 24 more2 hr

Nearby

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