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Mesoscale Discussion 121

February 22, 20196 counties in Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 23 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 22, 2019, 5:52 PM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 23 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2019, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2019, 7:45 PM CST
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 47 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2019-02-22Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2019-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 3:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.