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Mesoscale Discussion 405

April 2, 201712 parishes in Louisiana; Amite County, Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2017, 3:08 PM CDT for 12 parishes in Louisiana; Amite County, Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2017, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Livingston 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, Washington Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2017-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 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 2017-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-529 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeauregard, Sabine, Vernon2 hr
Apr 2, 9:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Lafayette, Livingston and 5 more85 min
Apr 2, 10:39 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 13 more5 hr
Apr 2, 12:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSabine83 min
Apr 2, 12:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAvoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin and 7 more116 min
Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu and 28 more7 hr
Apr 2, 2:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon and 1 more54 min
Apr 2, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 13 more92 min
Apr 2, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 8 more9 hr
Apr 2, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula and 7 more96 min
Apr 2, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and 1 more29 min
Apr 2, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Grenada, Itawamba and 9 more84 min
Apr 2, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 7 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.